Asian Art I - 16th November 2011

Lot 542

A large Chinese famille verte dish Kangxi 1662-1722

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £3600

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Description

A large Chinese famille verte dish Kangxi 1662-1722, brightly enamelled with a seated figure and a scholar with his attendant in a pagoda, and four ladies outside in a rocky landscape, the base with a lozenge mark, some rim chips, the largest 1cm and some grinding to the rim, 38.5cm. Provenance: an English private collection. Cf. 17th Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, no.89 for a related example in the Butler family collection.