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PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE DISHES
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CATALOGUE NUMBERS 1411 & 1412

PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 10 ⅜ inches

 

PROVENANCE

Christie's Paris, March 11, 2004, lot 220

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

A pair of famille verte saucer dishes, depicting each a fighting scene, one showing a tattooed man threatening two armed warriors with his fists, the other depicting a solder raising his arm to throw a stone at a warrior standing before a lady, each accompanied by an inscription. Pictured in Christie's Amsterdam catalogue, Nov. 2, 2004, p. 52, Lot 232.

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