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PROVENANCE                      The spontaneity and con! dent brushwork   ink techniques is a highlight of Kangxi period
                                           used to depict the $ owers on the present dish   porcelains produced to appeal to the exacting
           Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1998.
                                           is exceptional. The washy, textural quality   taste of the scholarly elite. A dish of this type,
           LITERATURE                      of the leaves and petals evoke the dry brush   but with underglaze-red and underglaze-blue
           Je" rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin   technique perfected in the Song dynasty. The   $ ora, from the collection of Ernest Grandidier
           Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese   lavish spattering of deep blue dots add weight   is now in the Musée Guimet, Paris (coll. no.
           Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,   and depth to the curling edges of the large   G2478).
           Bruges, 2017, pl. 42.           lotus leaf. The use of such overtly painterly


































































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