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A RARE LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'BIRTHDAY' DISH
- KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'BIRTHDAY' DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
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    $40,000 - $60,000

Sale Information

Sale 2297
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
26 March 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

A RARE LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'BIRTHDAY' DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The center painted with Magu standing beside a deer pulling a cart laden with a large wine jar topped by a lotus leaf, the exterior painted in sepia with three rows of shou characters, base with apocryphal Chenghua mark
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) diam.

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Pre-Lot Text

Property from a Private New Jersey Collection

Provenance

Acquired ca. 1972.

Lot Notes

A similar dish depicting Magu offering birthday congratulations is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 102. Another is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai, 1996, pl. 98. See, also, the pair sold in our London rooms, 9 November 2004, lot 176.

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