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A PAIR OF LARGE EXPORT FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT MOUNTAINS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The mountains are fnely modeled in the round with steep, craggy cliffs glazed a dark brown.
At the base of each mountain is the entrance to a temple. The mountains have later, European
gilt-wood bases.
17 º in. (43.8 cm.) high, the porcelain (2)
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
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. 92-93.
清康熙 外銷素三彩大山子一對
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