A PAIR OF UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
With shallow rounded sides, each painted on the interior with a different fruiting and flowering branch, one a peach branch with blue roses at the base, the other pomegranate with asters, each beside a poem written in black with an iron-red seal, with gilt highlights, base with a seal mark, yuan, in underglaze blue within a double circle
6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The couplets appearing on the current lot have been taken from Tang dynasty poems, and may be translated as follows:
The color of the dew reflects on the curtains
The fragrant wind is hiding the walls
Pomegranate
Returning the graces to the hunting gardens
May the emperor live for a thousand years
Peach blossom
The couplets on both dishes are followed by the same seal, yuan, which also appears on the base.

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