A Famille-Verte Biscuit 'Sea Horse'  dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo courtesy Sotheby's

well-painted on a green ground with four aubergine, yellow or green horses galloping over swirling waves with high white crests amid scattered auspicious emblems around a central floret, similarly decorated on the exterior. Diameter 10 3/4  in., 27.5 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Parish-Watson & Co, Inc., New York.
Collection of Winston F. C. Guest (1906-1982), New York.
Park Bernet Galleries, New York, 2nd December 1967, lot 61.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 30th November, 1989.

NOTE: Green ground biscuit forms are unusual; there are some bowls of this type but dishes are very rare. A dish very similar to the present example is illustrated in Sir Michael Butler et al, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria VA, 1990, p. 180, no. 124.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com