A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE PIECRUST DISH, Kangxi (1662 1722)
Diameter: 15 3/4"; 40cm
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Further images
Richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two pheasants perched upon flowering branches, the border with four cartouches containing insects and foliage reserved on a...
Richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two pheasants perched upon flowering branches, the border with four cartouches containing insects and foliage reserved on a flower strewn green seeded ground inside an iron red diaper band and gilded piecrust edge.
Literature
For an almost identical dish, see the full page illustration on page 18 of "Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage Museum: Late 16th - 19th centuries", St Petersburg 2003 and the discussion and further illustration, plate 13, page 26, for another example of this type of famille verte piecrust dish see Christiaan J.A. Jörg, 'Famille Verte - Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels', Groninger Museum, 2011, p. 42, pl. 31.
