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A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD,
modeled as the deity Han Xiangzi standing atop a floral plinth and holding a flute, attired in green-ground robes decorated with magnolia
and peony with a stippled green and prunus border at the hem

⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖ䴀⎅ၽ⿸׼
Height 10⅝ in., 27 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of John T. Dorrance, Jr. (1919–1989). John T Dorrance Jr 1919 1989 ᩣ㫼
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Sotheby’s New York, 20 October 1989, lot 346 (part ㈽㈱㬴ჹ℁1989Ꭱ10ᰵ20ᬒ喑㌕㮌346喍ڣ̭喎
lot). Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

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A LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT ‘SEA HORSE’ DISH, QING DYNASTY, 17 TH CENTURY, the interior
painted with four horses of aubergine, yellow, and white, frolicking over a green ground of swirling water interspersed with imposing
white cresting waves amid scattered auspicious emblems and flowers around a central aubergine conch, the exterior with further foaming
waves crashing against mountain peaks, the white biscuit base with a thin transparent glaze and the foot ring left undressed

⌲࡮̰̓㈭ ㉍̶ᒖ⊤仙䰉ᄣ㈸๔Ⱁ
Diameter 12⅞ in., 32.8 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Ruth Henschel. Ruth Henschel ᩣ㫼
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Sotheby’s New York, 16 January 1976, lot 307. ㈽㈱㬴ჹ℁1976Ꭱ1ᰵ16ᬒ喑㌕㮌307
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
A related dish is illustrated in Sir Michael Butler et al, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the
Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, 1990, pl. 124, where it is also mentioned that this type of decoration
was first employed in the 1640s but more often on bowls, and continued to be used through the end of the
century. Another similar example can be found in the Grandidier collection of Musée Guimet, Paris, inventory
no. G478.

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A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD,
modeled as Zhongli Quan standing on a rectangular plinth, holding a fan painted in pale yellow, wearing an aubergine-ground robe with a
dense lotus pattern around a central shou character
⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖ䥅䰏‷⿸׼
Height 10⅝ in., 27 cm
$ 2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of John T. Dorrance, Jr. (1919–1989). John T Dorrance Jr 1919 1989 ᩣ㫼
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Sotheby’s New York, 20 October 1989, lot 346 (part ㈽㈱㬴ჹ℁1989Ꭱ10ᰵ20ᬒ喑㌕㮌346喍ڣ̭喎
lot). Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

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