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351 A GREEN-GROUND ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖ䋂⤍咺㈸᪴ڤ⯿
FAMILLE-VERTE
BISCUIT ‘DRAGON’
PEN BOX AND

COVER

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period The present elongated form with rounded ends ҳ⎽
is modeled after an Islamic metal prototype Edgar 秉1880 1972 ⿻ Hedwig 秉1893
of oblong form, the " at cover painted with a
known from the 13th century, which was often 1987 Worch 佐询荈1938䎃
writhing dragon amid " ame wisps in pursuit
richly chased and inlaid with gold and silver. 秣秉⢕㡦䖤1994䎃6剢2傈管贫400
of a ‘Flaming Pearl’, the long sides of the
Originally closely modeled after the Islamic
box each with striding chilong with curving The Chinese Porcelain Company秣秉
form, the shape gradually changed to suit
bifurcated tail and grasping a long-stemmed
the requirements of Chinese calligraphers.
lotus bloom and divided by auspicious ᆂ㻪
Furthermore, decoration on pen boxes include
emblems, the box exterior similarly decorated, շFamille Verte Porcelain of the Kangxi
motifs that conveyed auspicious messages,
the interior with three circular and one shaped PeriodոThe Chinese Porcelain Company
as seen on the present example. Chinese
oblong compartment (2), coll. no. 206. 秣秉1994䎃管贫23
porcelain interpretations of the form were ! rst
Length 8 in., 20.4 cm made at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen during
the early Ming dynasty and continued to be ܧ❵
PROVENANCE
popular well into the Qing dynasty. շThe Chinese Porcelain Company, A Dealer’s
Collection of Edgar (c.1880-1972) and Hedwig Record 1985-2000ո秣秉2000䎃갤121
Similar examples include a green-ground
(c.1893-1987) Worch, from 1938.
box with dragons from the Qing Court
Christie’s New York, 2nd June 1994, lot 400.
Collection illustrated in The Complete
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
EXHIBITED Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain
Tricoloured Porcelains, Hong Kong 2009, pl.
Famille Verte Porcelain of the Kangxi Period,
217 and a yellow-ground example with phoenix
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York,
in the Palace Museum, Beijing illustrated
1994, cat. no. 23.
in Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, Qing
LITERATURE Porcelain from the Palace Museum, Hong Kong
1989, pl. 102. A white-ground example with
The Chinese Porcelain Company, A Dealer’s
dragon motif from the collection of Sir Alfred
Record 1985-2000, New York, 2000, p. 121.
Beit was sold in our London rooms on 6th
$ 20,000-30,000 November 2013, lot 86.

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