A FAMILLE VERTE 'RICE PRODUCTION' DISH
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY
A FAMILLE VERTE `RICE PRODUCTION' DISH

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FAMILLE VERTE 'RICE PRODUCTION' DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is decorated with a scene of a farmer fertilizing the rice in the foreground and another farmer carrying buckets of fertilizer in the background, accompanied by a poem describing the scene.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The scene depicted on the present dish is number eight from the Gengzhi tu (Pictures of Ploughing and Weaving). For a discussion of this series, see the previous lot (1194).

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