A RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE VERTE `WEAVING’ DEEP BOWL

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29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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Lot 2956 | A RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE VERTE 'WEAVING’ DEEP BOWL
A RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE VERTE 'WEAVING’ DEEP BOWL

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The bowl is decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene depicting servants placing mulberry leaves on trays, accompanied by an inscription describing the scene. The interior is decorated with a farmer resting and leaning against a rock, below a diaper band with four panels enclosing scholar’s objects at the rim. The base is inscribed with a symbol, possibly reading fu, 'fortune'.

7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam.





Provenance

The Butler Family Collection, UK



Literature

T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 489, pl. III.4.204
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