Two Chinese Famille Verte Enameled Porcelain Dishes, Kangxi Period. Estimate $4,000-6,000. 2015 © William Doyle Galleries, Inc.

Each shallow form with everted rim, painted on the interior with a spotted stag gazing at a crane flying above, shaded by pine and amid rockwork and lingzhi sprigs, within a border of shaped vignettes of floral sprays reserved on an iron red diaper ground, and a band of six cranes in flight on the rim, the exterior with further floral sprays. Diameter of larger 15 1/8 inches. 

Please note these two dishes are different sizes: the larger is 15 1/8 inches diameter, the smaller is 8 3/4 inches. The larger has Santos, London provenance, the smaller has Elinor Gordon, Pennsylvania provenance. 

Smaller: A few scattered pinholes, some light wear to red enamel. Base with further scattered pinholes and a few underglaze firing cracks within rim, the longest is 1/3 inch. 

Larger: very nice strong enamel colors. Light surface scratches on a few areas of surface, base with scattered pinholes. 

Provenance: Santos, London 
Elinor Gordon, Villanova, PA

Estate of Peter K. Warren 

Doyle New York, Asian Works of Art, Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10am