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A famille verte lobed dish
Kangxi
Vividly and brightly enamelled with a qilin confronting a phoenix in flight
amidst cloud scrolls in a setting of rockwork and plantain, encircled by
eight cartouches decorated with four various beasts alternating with
floral sprays.
36cm (14 1/4in) diam.

£600 - 1,000
HK$7,500 - 13,000 CNY5,900 - 9,900

清康熙 五彩珍禽異獸圖瓣式盤

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London
Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.104, acquired on 14 May 2001
Roy Davids Collection, no.51

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A famille verte dish
Kangxi
Enamelled in the central well with an intimate scene depicting two
female musicians observed by a third lady holding a fan, surrounded
by vibrant panels containing warriors, scholars and the Monkey King,
all beneath a band of chrysanthemums on a cell and diaper ground,
the white exterior embellished with sprigs of prunus.
71 35cm (13 3/4in) diam.

£800 - 1,200 CNY7,900 - 12,000
HK$10,000 - 15,000

71 清康熙 五彩仕女圖盤
A famille verte saucer dish
Kangxi Provenance 來源: Woolley and Wallis, 19 May 2010, lot 63
The interior delicately enamelled with a lotus bloom and other aquatic S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London (label)
plants in a pond, surrounded by a border enclosing six peony Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.197, acquired on 30 July 2010
blossoms, all beneath a reticulated band of interlocking cash pattern. Roy Davids Collection, no.146
21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam.
The Journey to the West is a popular Chinese novel telling of the
£1,000 - 1,500 CNY9,900 - 15,000 adventures of the Monkey King and his companions Pig and Horse,
HK$13,000 - 19,000 during their travels to India to bring the Buddhist scriptures to the
Emperor. A related dish with a similar scene of lute-playing in the
清康熙 五彩蓮池圖鏤雕盤 centre surrounded by cartouches with scenes from Journey to the
West, dated to the late 17th century, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg,
Provenance 來源: Ralph M.Chait Galleries Ltd., New York Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam:
Roy Davids Collection, no.64, acquired on 7 October 2011 (label) The Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 1997, no.165.

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A famille verte lobed dish A famille verte octagonal dish
Kangxi Kangxi
The central well enamelled with a basket of flowers on a ruyi pedestal, Enamelled in the central well with a pair of birds, one gazing at its
encircled by a border of various objects within cartouches on cell partner swooping elegantly downwards through the air amongst
pattern and geometric grounds, the lobed rim with large lappet- luxuriant pine and peony, all surrounded by a border of peony and
shaped cartouches containing flowers, the exterior enamelled with red phoenix on a seeded green ground.
sprigs of prunus. 31.5cm (12 1/4in) wide
36.5cm (14 1/4in) diam.
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$13,000 - 19,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000

£1,000 - 1,500 CNY9,900 - 15,000 清康熙 五彩花鳥紋八方盤
HK$13,000 - 19,000

清康熙 五彩花籃紋瓣式盤 Provenance 來源: Seymour Robert Delme Collection (label)
Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, no.148 Christie’s, Cams Hall, Fareham, 7 July 1894
R. & G.McPherson, London (label)
Roy Davids Collection, no.147, acquired on 19 June 2009

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