A FAMILLE VERTE AND ANHUA BOWL

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A FAMILLE VERTE AND ANHUA BOWL
kangxi six-character mark and of the period
The exterior enamelled in green, aubergine, yellow and turquoise on one side with a peony spray and on the other with a camellia spray divided by two butterflies in flight, all over anhua incised dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, the interior plain white
6in. (15cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare the similar bowl in the Tianminlou Foundation, illustrated in Joined Colors, Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Catalogue, p.109, no.37; and the pair of bowls in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Catalogue, vol.V, pl.XXXVIII, no.E 200.

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