A GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT SQUARE DISHES
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A GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT SQUARE DISHES

CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT SQUARE DISHES
CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The larger decorated on the interior with water plants and with a four-character mark on the base, the smaller three with flowering plants on a yellow ground
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) square, the largest
Provenance
Larger: C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 9 March 1949.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, 1949-1960.
Estate of John D. Rockefeller.
Acquired 10 November 1960.
Three smaller: Frank Partridge, 22 December 1942.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, 1942-1960.
Estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (with a life interest to Martha Baird Rockefeller), 1960-1971.
Acquired 2 May 1971.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, pp. 96-98, nos. 50a, 51c,d, f.
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