Ref: W670
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Chinese massive famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), with slightly flared rim, the exterior decorated with two bands of ogee-shaped panels containing alternating scenes of flowers and various mythical beasts in gardens with overhanging rockwork, pine and swirling clouds; the eight panels of the top band containing cherry blossom, a mythical beast with spots and tasselled tail, chrysanthemum blooms with flying insects, a dog of Fo with beribboned ball, peonies with butterfly, a mythical beast chasing a black bird, lotus with grasses and a tiger; the eight panels of the lower band containing a mythical beast with paws, beard and tasselled tail, irises with flying insects, a shaggy dog, curly flowers with butterfly, a cantering beast with wings and hooves, peonies, a pair of deer and daisy or aster with butterflies; the footrim with a ruyi-head band in iron-red, yellow and green, the rim with six cartouches containing flowers and flying insects against a floral cellular ground; the interior rim with six vignettes containing dianthus, rose, peonies, asters, anemone and curly flowers against various swirling and cell floral grounds, the interior well with a central roundel containing a pair of cantering qilin in a rocky garden amongst plantain, flowers and swirling clouds; the base with a square mark within a double circle. SOLD
中國巨大的家庭頂碗，康熙（1662-1722），邊緣略呈喇叭形，外部裝飾著兩條奧吉形面板，其中包含花園中花卉和各種神獸的交替場景，懸垂的岩石，松樹和旋轉的雲層;頂部帶的八個面板包含櫻花，帶有斑點和流蘇尾巴的神獸，菊花盛開著飛蟲，一隻帶有緞帶球的Fo狗，蝴蝶的牡丹，追逐黑鳥的神獸，草蓮和老虎;下帶的八個面板包含一隻長著爪子、鬍鬚和流蘇尾巴的神獸、帶有飛蟲的鳶尾花、一隻毛茸茸的狗、捲曲的蝴蝶花、一對長著翅膀和蹄子的嘰嘰喳喳的野獸、牡丹、一對鹿和雛菊或紫菀與蝴蝶;腳緣有鐵紅、黃、綠三色如意頭帶，邊緣有六個漩渦花飾，裡面有花朵和飛蟲，靠在花狀的蜂窩地面上;內部邊緣有六個小插圖，包含滇菊、玫瑰、牡丹、紫苑、海葵和捲曲的花朵，襯托著各種漩渦和細胞花地，內部井有一個中央圓環，裡面有一對叮叮噹的麒麟，在芭蕉、鮮花和旋轉的雲層之間的岩石花園中;雙圓內帶有方形標記的底面。
尺寸：
直徑：33.5釐米。（13 1/4 英寸），高度：16.5 釐米。（6 1/2英寸）
條件：
邊緣有非常小的微弱髮際線（長約2.5釐米），邊緣有幾條微小的應力線，但沒有碎屑;一些摩擦到室內裝飾（見圖片）。
筆記：
在倫敦維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館的收藏中可以找到一個設計非常相似的碗（鹽漬遺贈C.1240-1910）。
奇幻的野獸在中國神話中扮演著重要的角色，作為宗教和世俗的標誌性象徵。例如，麒麟是一種噴火動物，有蹄子，龍的頭和佛教獅子的尾巴與儒家傳說有關，是健康兒子的帶來者。同時，狗是十二生肖中的動物之一，象徵著未來的繁榮。
Dimensions:
Diameter: 33.5cm. (13 1/4in.), height: 16.5cm. (6 1/2in.)
Condition:
A very small faint hairline (approx. 2.5cm. long) to the rim and a few tiny stress lines on the rim but no chips; some rubbing to the interior decoration (see images).
Notes:
A bowl of very similar design can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Salting Bequest C.1240-1910).
Fantastical beasts play a large role in Chinese mythology as iconic symbols, both religious and secular. For example, the qilin is a fire-breathing animal with hooves, the head of a dragon and the tail of a Buddhist lion connected with Confucian legend as the bringer of healthy sons. Meanwhile, the dog is one of the animals of the zodiac and symbolises future prosperity.
