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FAMILLE VERTE OPENWORK BASKET AND COVER
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 1452

FAMILLE VERTE OPENWORK BASKET

AND COVER

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Diameter: 5 ⅛ inches

 

PROVENANCE

Christie's New York, January 22, 2003, lot 187

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

A small famille verte basket and cover of squat form with high, arched handle enameled as straw, the sides and cover decorated with various gilt and iron-red flowerheads reserved on a honeycomb-pierced ground. A sprig in the interior and another enameled on the base.

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