Sale 6731
London
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17 June 2003
Price realised
GBP 3,107
Estimate
A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT RUYI-SHAPED STAND KANGXI (1662-1722) Enamelled on the top with a couple in conversation beside attendants and a horse under a willow tree, standing on three serpentine legs, crack 8½ in. (21.5 in.) wide
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides no. 374
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A similar example is illustrated by S.Bushell in Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New York, 1910, pl. XLI.
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