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    Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Including Export Art

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    17 June 2003

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    • AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DEEP
    Lot 207

    AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DEEP JARDINIÈRE

    KANGXI (1662-1722)

    Price realised

    GBP 2,390

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE DEEP JARDINIÈRE
    KANGXI (1662-1722)
    With flat everted rim above the almost-cylindrical sides tapering slightly to the tall foot, enamelled all around with a lotus pond, a stork, butterflies and insects in flight above clumps of lotus, some in full flower, some in bud, amongst them a further stork and other cormorants wade, the rim with half lotus heads and scrolling foliage, rims fritted, minor chips, some restored
    11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Formerly in the Sir John and Lady Ackland Collection

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    Lot Essay

    See the slightly smaller famille verte jardinière of identical form but with pheasants, peony and rockwork, formerly in the collection of the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley House and sold in these Rooms, 7 & 8 June 1888, lot 179, now in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, no.160, p.149, where the author dates this type as late 17th Century and states that such pieces, especially the enamelled versions, are rare.

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