A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE DISHES

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE DISHES
KANGXI

Each finely painted in the interior medallion with two iron-red leaping carp amongst waterweeds and lotus, the well and exterior similarly decorated but with several scattered blooms, all between double-line borders, the base with the private hallmark zai chuan zhi le (Rejoicing in the stream), all in bright tones of iron-red, green, red, yellow and underglaze blue (rim hairlines)
8 in. (20.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

Provenance

Peter Boode, sold in London, 13 November 1972, lot 188.

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, 1991, pl. 111.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, 1995, pl. 127.

Lot Essay

A single dish of this pattern is illustrated by Liu Liang-yu in Ching Official and Popular Wares. A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 5, p. 16; another from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, is included in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 6, col. pl. 62; and yet another from the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in China Museum Collections, Jingdezhen Polychrome Ceramics, vol. 21, no. 70.

(US$20,000-25,000)

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