Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), the flat rim with interlocking openwork rings, decorated in the centre with two 'Long Elizas' and a boy in a fenced garden, the moulded border consisting of interlinked circles, diameter: 8 3/4in. (21.3cm); condition: small breaks to rim restored to a high standard. A similar plate is illustrated in Christiaan. J. A. Jorg, 'Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels', 2011), p. 48, pl. 40. According to Jorg this type of rim originated c. 1700 and was probably produced for the European market. There is a plate of near identical design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 79.2.1037 SOLD
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