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FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT OPENWORK LANTERN AND STAND
DESCRIPTION BELOW
CATALOGUE NUMBER 0422
FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT OPENWORK LANTERN AND STAND
KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)
DIMENSIONS
Diameter across stand: 9 ½ inches
PROVENANCE
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Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
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Christie's New York, September 21, 2000, lot 313
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David A. Berg Collection
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George Eumorfopoulos Collection
LITERATURE
R. I. Hobson, The Catalogue of The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery & Porcelain, vol. V, Ernest Benn, Ltd., London, 1927, pl. XXVII
CATALOGUE NOTES
An unusual famille verte hexagonal lantern and stand, each facet of the lantern with an openwork panel surrounded by butterflies and flowers reserved on a stippled green ground, the top with an openwork medallion within a field of prunus and cracked ice pattern, the top of the separate stand channeled to hold the cover and the apron painted in black and mauve in imitation of wood grain.
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