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WUCAI CHARGER
DESCRIPTION BELOW
CATALOGUE NUMBER 1448
WUCAI CHARGER
KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)
DIMENSIONS
Diameter: 16 ¾ inches
PROVENANCE
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Marchant, Ltd., London
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Benjamin Edwards Collection
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Christie's New York, January 22, 2003, lot 181
CATALOGUE NOTES
A large famille verte province dish, with a large coat-of-arms inscribed ZEELANDT in the center on a field enameled with peony stems on the side and 2 red butterflies on the bottom and 1 blue butterfly on the top of the dish. The well and rim with underglaze blue diaper pattern enclosing aquatic creature cartouches, landscape vignettes, and birds in blossoming boughs, cobalt blue bamboo on the back. Similar examples: Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, sold at Christie's NY in 1/22/02 Lot 35-42. Picture in Christie's NY catalogue, Jan 22, 2003, p. 30, Lot 41.
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