Lot 21. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A large powder-blue famille-verte ‘qilin and phoenix’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). D. 40 cm. Lot Sold 4,445 EUR (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Bernheimer Collection, München.
Auksjon Belgia, April 2015.

NDB: A similar dish in Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Dish, porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter: 41cm. Salting Bequest, C.1340-1910. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023

This dish was made in the kilns of Jingdezhen during the reign period of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722). The style of decoration, combining a central reserved medallion and small cartouches painted in overglaze enamels, with a colour scheme known in the west as 'famille verte', and a powder blue ground with gilded decoration, was particularly popular in Europe between the end of the 17th century and the early 18th century.

Export porcelain of this type was used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, as well as exhibited in the so-called 'porcelain rooms', where walls and niches were filled with large quantities of ceramics. One of the most important European collections of this type belonged to Augustus the Strong of Saxony (d. 1733), who owned over twenty thousand pieces.

 Lot 22. A famille-verte ‘flowers and birds’ brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 15 cm. Lot Sold 3,556 EUR (Estimate 1,500 - 2,000 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: John Nicholson’s, Haslemere, 25 January 2017, lot 51.

Lot 23. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A large powder-blue famille-verte ‘qilin and phoenix’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 21.7 cm; H. 19.7 cm. Lot Sold 4,826 EUR (Estimate 2,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Grays Antique Centre, Guest and Gray, London, May 2020.

Lot 24. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. Two famille-verte reticulated rim dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) and 19th century. D. 21 cm; D. 26 cm. Lot Sold 1,524 EUR (Estimate 1,000 - 1,500 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Rob Michiels Auctions, Brugge, May 2016 (floral).
Artcurial, Paris, 21 June 2016, lot 54 (birds and flower).

Lot 25. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A large famille-verte ‘floral’ fluted basin and a famille-verte ‘birds and flowers’ fluted ewer and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722). L. 33 cm; H. 22 cm. Lot Sold 3,556 EUR (Estimate 2,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Lord Hurcomb of Campden Hill, and thence by descent.
Wooley and Wallis, Salisbury, 13 November 2014, lot 840.

Lot 28. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A large famille-verte ‘floral’ fluted basin and a famille-verte ‘birds and flowers’ fluted ewer and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 28 cm; H. 26 cm. Lot Sold 8,255 EUR (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Koller, Zurich, 02 June 2021, lot 282 (pair of vases).
Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisbon, 13 October 2020, lot 385 (bottle vase).

Lot 28. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A famille-verte 'peony and bird' handled tray, Kangxi period (1662-1722). L. 26.5cm. Lot Sold 1,270 EUR (Estimate 800 - 1,200 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Chiswick Auctions, London, 4 September 2019, lot 0539.

Lot 32. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A Chinese export Verte-Imari dish and a famille-verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). D. 28 cm; D. 26 cm. Lot Sold 1,397 EUR (Estimate 600 - 800 EUR). © Sotheby's

Provenance: Blomqvist Lysaker, Oslo, March 2004 (floral).
Mealy’s Auction, June 2016 (shells).