Lot 405. A large famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 80,450 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009.
elaborately painted to the interior with ladies on horseback in a fenced garden with pine trees and prunus, with three officials watching from a balcony.
Provenance: Sir John Hussey-Delaval, Lord Delaval (1728-1808), thence by descent.
Lot 406. A large famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 73,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009.
elaborately painted to the interior in mirror-symmetric counterpart to the previous lot.
Provenance: Sir John Hussey-Delaval, Lord Delaval (1728-1808), thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 04 Nov 2009