A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'LADIES AND BOYS' LANTERN

KANGXI 1662-1722

The ovoid body decorated with a continuous scene of ladies and boys in a fenced garden, amidst pine, bamboo and rockwork, all framed within various diaper borders with cartouches enclosing mythical beasts, with a paper label for Marchant, London, to the interior of the mouth rim, together with a wood stand, 20.3cm. (2)

Provenance: purchased from Richard Marchant Ltd., on 8th April 1986.

Cf. W B Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.78 for a similar lantern; see also International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy, London 1935-36, no.1658 for another example from the Anthony De Rothschild collection.