A Chinese famille verte cafe-au-lait ground bowl and cover
Kangxi (1662-1722)
The sides painted vividly with a butterfly in flight amidst wind-blown stems of poppy and peony issuing from pierced rockwork, repeated to the high domed cover with cylindrical finial glazed white to the interior and centred by an underglaze blue rabbit, the latter repeated to the base, finial with polished rim
15.3 cm. diam.
A Chinese famille verte cafe-au-lait ground bowl and cover
Kangxi (1662-1722)
The sides painted vividly with a butterfly in flight amidst wind-blown stems of poppy and peony issuing from pierced rockwork, repeated to the high domed cover with cylindrical finial glazed white to the interior and centred by an underglaze blue rabbit, the latter repeated to the base, finial with polished rim
15.3 cm. diam.
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