A FAMILLE-VERTE BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

of circular form, the cover with a central square panel with three scholars standing on a riverbank amidst pines, one gentleman holding aloft a red fan, all framed by a dense ground of red flowers against green foliage within an underglaze-blue double circle, the sides of the box and cover each with four red flowerheads within yellow-and-aubergine quatrefoil panels against a dappled green ground strewn with prunus blossoms in alternating colors, the interiors unadorned, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue (2), coll. no. 82.

Berwald Oriental Art, London, 1998.

The box and cover is in good overall condition. The cover has a tiny firing tear and the box a glaze flaw. The surface with wear and minor imperfections.
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