Lot Essay
A dish of this unusual pattern, with the same crane medallion on the base, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1978, lot. 170.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
A PAIR OF UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A PAIR OF UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Thickly potted, with shallow almost upright sides rising to an everted rim, the interior decorated with a phoenix in flight above a qilin standing beside bamboo, a prunus branch and dianthus sprouting from around a blue garden rock, below a band of conjoined foliate scroll in the well, with gilt highlights, the base decorated in green, yellow and black with a prunus-form medallion centered by a crane roundel
12 in. (30.6 cm.) diam. (2)
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Thickly potted, with shallow almost upright sides rising to an everted rim, the interior decorated with a phoenix in flight above a qilin standing beside bamboo, a prunus branch and dianthus sprouting from around a blue garden rock, below a band of conjoined foliate scroll in the well, with gilt highlights, the base decorated in green, yellow and black with a prunus-form medallion centered by a crane roundel
12 in. (30.6 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 21 July, 1969, lot 204.
Literature
J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 110.