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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY The scene depicted on the present dish is number eight from the Gengzhi tu
(Pictures of Ploughing and Weaving). For a discussion of this series, see
1195 lot 1194.
A FAMILLE VERTE ‘RICE PRODUCTION’ DISH
清康熙 五彩耕織圖盤
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is decorated with a scene of a farmer fertilizing the rice in the
foreground and another farmer carrying buckets of fertilizer in the background,
accompanied by a poem describing the scene.
13æ in. (35 cm.) diam.
$8,000-12,000
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