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A PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE VERTE PHOENIX HEAD EWERS AND A GROUP OF THREE FAMILLE VERTE SAUCER DISHES
COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The group is comprised of a pair of dishes enameled with blossoming
The ewers are modeled with lobed, paneled bodies, decorated with prunus trees and enameled on their backs are four lotus sprigs, and a
fowering plants and colorful patterning. The fower-form covers third dish depicting a pair of peacocks, its back with foral sprigs and a
have a notched inner rim. wan-fret border.
10º in. (26 cm.) high (4) 12º in. (31.1 cm.) diameter, the largest (3)
$25,000-40,000 $5,000-8,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London. The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
Collection of Sir Henry Price (1877-1963); Sotheby’s, London,
14 November 2000, lot 347. 清康熙 五彩花鳥圖盤三件
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese
and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, pp. 242-243.
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