Lot 205
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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE MONTEITH
A RARE FAMILLE VERTE MONTEITH

KANGXI PERIOD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE MONTEITH
Kangxi period, early 18th century
Modelled after a European silver form with steep sides and deeply notched rim formed of eight petal shapes, each painted with a different Chinese countryside scene showing fishermen with nets or barrels or poling their sampans, all reserved on a ground of cell patterns decorated with chrysanthemum heads, the interior with a deep border of lappets suspending ruyi heads or floral sprigs, a boy riding a water buffalo in the center
12.7/8in. (32.8cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

From the collection of Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh and illustrated and discussed by D.S. Howard and J.S. Ayers, op. cit., p. 116. Another example of this rare early form was sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 25 October 1994, lot 301.