A RARE FAMILLE VERTE MODEL OF A PALANQUIN

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE MODEL OF A PALANQUIN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The stationary palanquin modelled as if supported by pierced rocks atop a rectangular base, with rectangular windows on both sides above pairs of loops to accomodate the carrying poles, the closed end with a cross bar at the top, the doorway at the other end revealing a couple seated in the interior with a teapot, small cups and rolls of cloth on the floor around them, the man holding a cup in one hand and a cloth in the other, all beneath an arched roof with a hole in the center, glazed on the biscuit in green, yellow and aubergine
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long

Provenance

Collection of the Hon. Nellie Ionides, no. 310.

Lot Essay

See a very similar palanquin, also formerly in the collection of Nellie and Basil Ionides of Buxted Park, illustrated in Recent Acquisitions 2005, S. Marchant & Son, London, 2005, p. 32, no. 19, where it is noted that another similar example is in the Copeland Collection, Salem, Massachusetts (part of the Peabody Essex Museum of Art).

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