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TWO POWDER-BLUE GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE DISHES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD,
the first with rounded shallow sides, the cavetto with four shaped reserves painted in bright famille-verte enamels with the ‘Hundred
Antiques,’ a magpie on a prunus branch, and dahlias and aster blooming from rockwork, all around a central floriform reserve with an
iron-red peony, set against a powder-blue ground with gilt foliate accents continuing to the reverse, the base glazed white; the other with
a central scene of iron-red prunus blossoming on branches springing from rocks with butterflies nearby, within scalloped borders, the rim
with four reserved cartouches with insects among flowers, all set against a powder-blue ground with gilt floral sprays, the base glazed
white and centered by an underglaze blue vessel within a double circle (2)
⌲Ꮴ⛆ ╾㫺ౝ᣼䛾䪸ٶρᒖⰑږУ
Diameter of larger 10⅞ in., 27.6 cm
$ 7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
The ‘prunus’ dish: 㟞㲣ృⰑ喟
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Collection of James A. Garland (1840–1902), inv. no. James A Garland 1840 1902 ᩣ㫼喑㌕㮌374
374. Duveen Brothers喑㈽㈱
Duveen Brothers, New York. ㈱㔝e⯛❫咽➦eᦖᵦ 1867 1943 ᩣ㫼喑㌕㮌27
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (1867-1943), inv. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
no. 27. 㟞划ࢇऑృⰑ喟
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Suffield ࠠ❢ᩣ㫼
The ‘Hundred Antiques’ dish: Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Collection of Lord Suffield.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. ᆂ㻪
EXHIBITED 㟞㲣ృⰑ喟
๔䘪ᰰ㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑㈽㈱喑1910㜠1915Ꭱ喍Ռᆂ喎
The ‘prunus’ dish:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1910-1915 ܧ❵
(on loan). 㟞㲣ృⰑ喟
LITERATURE Stephen W Bushell ࣷ William M Laffan喑ȨCatalogue
of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelainsȩ喑㈽㈱喑
The ‘prunus’ dish: 1907Ꭱ喑no 27
Stephen W. Bushell and William M. Laffan, Catalogue
of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New
York, 1907, no. 27.

481
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each of archaic
bronze gu form, rising from a raised flared foot to a trumpet neck, brightly painted in rich cobalt blue tones with phoenix and qilin amidst
hydrangea-laden branches and beribboned auspicious emblems, the lip interior ringed with double-lines and the exterior with a band of
ruyi, the foot encircled with a dentil band, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue (2)

⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞㖇⦋ృ㟞㼇̭ᄺ
Height of taller 11⅞ in., 30.2 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
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Most Kangxi period vases of this form bear decoration separated into three sections corresponding with the
body profile, while the present example, in contrast, is painted with a continuous scene bordered only at the
th
mouth and foot. A similar pair was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5 December 1979, lot 759.