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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK FAMILY COLLECTION A LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE ‘DEER AND
CRANE’ DISH
A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT SQUARE BOX QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD boldly painted in bright enamels depicting a spotted deer in a
grove with pine, bamboo springing from rocks, and lingzhi, a
the cover incised and painted with lush peony emerging crane gliding overhead and a gilded sun and swirling clouds in
from pierced rockwork and scrollwork to the sides, the box the distance, within a border of oval oral panels reserved on
with fruiting boughs of pomegranate, Buddha’s Hand citron, a red diaper ground, the at, broad rim with six cranes in ight
Mandarin orange and owering prunus, all on a white-ground within a border of red circles and a gilt-painted rim
and raised on four low bracket feet (2) Diameter 15⅛ in., 38.4 cm
Width 4 in., 10.2 cm PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. $ 5,000-7,000

$ 3,000-5,000 Ralph M Chait Galleries

Ralph M Chait Galleries 682

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

A LARGE FAMILLE-ROSE DISH
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD

the low, rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a ared
rim, painted in bright enamels with a scholar-o cial mounted
on a blue-spotted steed and shaded by an attendant, a courtier
presenting a gift wrapped in blue silk, with an attendant
bearing a drum a few paces behind, a knotted pine and red sun
and clouds above and in the distance
Diameter 13⅞ in., 35.3 cm
$ 5,000-7,000

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