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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
JAMES E. BREECE III
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
Kangxi
The center depicting an equestrian combat scene,
the everted rim decorated with six lobed panels,
each with one figure riding on the horse followed by
an attendant holding a banner, the exterior painted
with ruyi clouds beneath four-season flowers, the
base with a six-character Chenghua mark in a
double line ring.
12 3/8in (31.5cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

清康熙 青花人物故事圖盤 《大明成化年製》款

For a pair of large blue and white dishes with similar
subjects and background patterning, see Anthony
du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese
Ceramics, Oxford, 1984, p. 198, col. pl. no. 3.

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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DISHES WITH
FIGURES
Kangxi mark and of the period
Each of the shallow dishes painted with a mother
holding a branched spray, possibly lingzhi, and
standing beneath a vine entwined pine tree that
hangs over her and and her son, all in a garden
setting encircled by a band of lotus petals, the
rim and the reverse decorated with lappet and
wan pattern, the base with a rare legitimate four-
character Kangxi mark within a double-line circle.
5 1/8in (13cm); 5in (12.8cm) diameter (2).
$1,500 - 2,000
清康熙 青花人物盤一對 《康熙年製款》
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It is exceedingly rare to find a legitimate four-
character Kangxi mark on porcelain from the Kangxi
period. Almost always the legitimate marks are
six-characters whilst the majority of four-character-
marked ceramics are products of the late Qing
dynasty.

For a similar set of less vibrant blue tones, see
Sotheby’s New York, 2 February 2019, The Gilded
Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished
American Collection, lot 709.

The subject of pine and lingzhi express the wish for
longevity.
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