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FAMILLE VERTE BOWL
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 0154

FAMILLE VERTE BOWL​

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 8 ⅝ inches

 

PROVENANCE

D & M Freedman, London, 2001

 

EXHIBITED

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

A very fine and rare famille verte circular bowl, painted on the exterior with two groups of four of the eight horses of Wang Mu in various poses and palettes separated by two scenes of willow and prunus, all below a narrow band of flowers and scrolling foliage, the well of the interior with a single iron-red peony flowerhead, the rim washed brown.

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