A FAMILLE VERTE PLATE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) 康熙五彩仕女圖紋盤 t...

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Hammer

£6,000

A FAMILLE VERTE PLATE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙五彩仕女圖紋盤
the centre is beautifully enamelled in colours of the famille verte palette with a seated woman - elegantly dressed and coiffured, seductively poised and lovelorn. She rests one arm on a table whilst the other holds a tasselled stick that she uses to tease a coquettish cat – all possibly helping to mark the passage of time. The scene creates an illusion, drawing the viewer into an unknown interior and private world.

The border is brightly enamelled with four groups of moths, butterflies and insects, all divided by clusters of daisies, peonies, dianthus and camellia. The underside is decorated with prunus, peony and peach blossom sprays enamelled in iron-red and green. The base is glazed and has an encircled under glaze jue mark.
22.5cm diam.

NOTE: The scene is possibly taken from one of the “Twelve Beauties of Leisure” painted for Prince Yinzhen which precipitated the depiction of a single elegant lady as a popular subject of many mediums during the Kangxi period. The style, as here, is that of a refined courtesan culture and the feminine embodiment of Chinese culture.

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Christie’s King Street, London, “Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Including Export Art”, November 2005, Lot 22.

RELATED EXAMPLE: For an identical pair see “Catalogue of An Important Collection of Chinese Porcelain: The Property of the late Sir Alfred Aykroyd”, Christie's London, 17 May 1966, Lot 178.