A FAMILLE VERTE `MYTHICAL BEAST’ DISH

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30.05.2023 05:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 2822 | A FAMILLE VERTE 'MYTHICAL BEAST’ DISH
A FAMILLE VERTE 'MYTHICAL BEAST’ DISH

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The dish is decorated on the interior with a central medallion enclosing a qilin next to a pine tree with a phoenix in flight above. The deep cavetto is decorated with shaped panels of various mythical beasts and animals alternating with blossoming flowers. The everted rim is further decorated with panels of butterflies reserved on a diaper ground.

14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Mallett, London, December 1933, as recorded in the RHRP ledger

The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 294
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