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A RARE LARGE HEXAGONAL FAMILLE VERTE JARDINIÈRE
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A RARE LARGE HEXAGONAL FAMILLE VERTE JARDINIÈRE

BLACK-ENAMELLED KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE LARGE HEXAGONAL FAMILLE VERTE JARDINIÈRE
Black-enamelled Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722)
Raised on four ruyi feet, the flaring sides rising towards an everted bracket-lobed rim, the exterior finely enamelled with cranes, exotic finches, a frog and butterflies variously flying or perched among prunus, magnolia, bamboo, peony, and lotus, the rim enamelled with cranes flying among peaches and stylised clouds, broken and repaired
23½ in. (63 cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's, London, 19 April 1983, lot 357
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Lot Essay

A jardinière of the same form, but smaller in size and decorated with Daoist immortals in doucai palette from the National Palace Museum, is illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, book I, Hong Kong, 1969, p.48. Compare another smaller famille verte octagonal-shaped jardinière, also from the National Palace Museum, illustrated in A Survey of Chinese Ceramics: Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, Taipei, 1991, p.51.

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