A set of three Chinese famille verte 'klapmuts' bowls
A set of three Chinese famille verte 'klapmuts' bowls

KANGXI (1662-1722)

Details
A set of three Chinese famille verte 'klapmuts' bowls
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Each painted to the interior roundel with the goddess Hsi Wang Mu in a garden, a peach blossom in her hand, attended by a spotted deer, surrounded at the well and rim with butterflies and insects divided by cartouches of peach
16 cm. diam. (3)

Brought to you by

Nikky Zwitserlood
Nikky Zwitserlood

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

For a similar 'klapmuts' bowl sold with Christie's Amsterdam, see 13 and 14 December 2011, lot 489.
For a similar dish, see D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 283, ill. 341.
Hsi Wang Mu is the goddess of immortality and is also known as the 'Mother of the West'. She cultivates the peach of immortality in her garden, a fruit that takes three thousand years to ripen.

More from The Decorative Arts Sale

View All
View All