A FAMILLE VERTE DISH, enamelled with a pine tree, <I>lingzhi</I> and bamboo on a grassy bank within a circular panel beneath foliate-shaped panels alternately depicting mythical beasts and flowers, the border with further floral panels reserved on a cell-pattern-ground below the foliate rim, the exterior with three loose flower-sprays (restored), Kangxi | Christie's

Sale 2142

Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art

Amsterdam

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14 May 1991

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Lot 333

A FAMILLE VERTE DISH, enamelled with a pine tree, lingzhi and bamboo on a grassy bank within a circular panel beneath foliate-shaped panels alternately depicting mythical beasts and flowers, the border with further floral panels reserved on a cell-pattern-ground below the foliate rim, the exterior with three loose flower-sprays (restored), Kangxi

Price realised

NLG 518

Estimate

NLG 800 - NLG 1,200

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A FAMILLE VERTE DISH, enamelled with a pine tree, lingzhi and bamboo on a grassy bank within a circular panel beneath foliate-shaped panels alternately depicting mythical beasts and flowers, the border with further floral panels reserved on a cell-pattern-ground below the foliate rim, the exterior with three loose flower-sprays (restored), Kangxi
28.2 cm. diam.
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