Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese famille verte punch bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), with ormolu mounts, decorated to the exterior with panels in three bands depicting scenes from the 'Romance of the Western Chamber' against a green speckled ground with blossoms, the inner rim with shaped-cartouches enclosing auspicious emblems against a diaper ground, diameter: 13 5/8in., 34.5cm; condition: crack from rim extending around base, with associated small piece missing to rim, all neatly restored. A similarly decorated bowl from the Groninger Museum is illustrated in Christiaan Jorg, 'Famille Verte', pp. 95-101. SOLD
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
