Lot Essay
For a similar example see D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 283, fig. 341.
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KANGXI
Details
A famille verte 'klapmuts' bowl
KANGXI
Decorated in famille verte enamels, rouge-de-fer and gilt, the central medallion enclosing the figure of Hxi Wangmu (Mother of the West) standing beside a deer and holding a spray of peach, the well and shaped rim decorated with ruyi-shaped cartouches of fruit alternately between a butterfly and grasshopper, rim frittings and cracks
27.5 cm. diam.
KANGXI
Decorated in famille verte enamels, rouge-de-fer and gilt, the central medallion enclosing the figure of Hxi Wangmu (Mother of the West) standing beside a deer and holding a spray of peach, the well and shaped rim decorated with ruyi-shaped cartouches of fruit alternately between a butterfly and grasshopper, rim frittings and cracks
27.5 cm. diam.
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