Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE VERTE DISH
Lot 1583 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN

A FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE VERTE DISH

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Closed25 September 2020

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A FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE VERTE DISH
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The center is finely decorated with Li Bai leaning against a tiered rock formation while drinking wine from a cup. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diam., cloth box

Private collection, England.
Roger Keverne, London, 2009.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.

Specialist note


The scene depicted on the dish illustrates the poem Drinking Alone in the Moonlight, by the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907) poet Li Bai.