KANGXI (1662-1722)

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A FINE MASSIVE FAMILLE VERTE DISH
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Enamelled and gilt with an elaborate scene depicting an Emperor seated at a table with fan-bearers, his concubines standing in two groups at either side, and four court officials, all watching a female dancer wearing ornate robes performing on a stage at the centre, her eight lady musicians in two groups to either side, all in a complex palace interior, the foreground with six guardian figures at the palace gate accompanied by an elephant and Buddhistic lion, the reverse boldly enamelled with four pairs of confronted storks above swirling waves breaking onto green rockwork, encircled zhi (made) mark, minor underside rim chip
20 3/8 in. (51.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The underglaze blue mark (zhi) within a double square on this dish is rare; see Gerald Davison, The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics, 1994, no.1650, p.149 and p.193, where the author suggests this is an Imperial mark.

Compare the famille verte dish of very similar size, enamelled with a less elaborate 'performance' scene, which was in the Collection of Dr. C. M. Franzero and exhibited by Messrs. Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, November 1974, catalogue no.37; interestingly the Franzero dish has ponies leaping over waves on the reverse.

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