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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE
HEXAGONAL LANTERN

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Each bowed side is painted with a scene from
Romance of the Western Chamber, between
borders of auspicious emblems reserved on a
diaper ground, all below a fared, openwork
crown and raised on a matching foot.
13º in. (33.6 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904)
Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1879.

For a discussion by Rose Kerr of the scenes
depicted on this lanttern see p. 26.

A nearly identical Kangxi-period famille verte
lantern, also with bowed shape and reticulated
faring crown and foot, is in the Morgan
collection and is illustrated in Catalogue of
The Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains,
New York, 1904, plate 23. Another related
Kangxi period famille verte lantern is illustrated
by R.L. Hobson in Chinese Pottery & Porcelain,
New York, 1915, plate 104, fg. 2.

清康熙 五彩西廂記故事圖八方燈籠

來源
Samuel Putnam Avery（1822-1904）珍藏， 紐約。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1879年。

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