22 janvier 2020
A famille-verte 'Water Margin' dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Lot 68. A famille-verte 'Water Margin' dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Diameter 8 in., 20.2 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's
with thinly-potted shallow sides, the interior enameled with three characters from the novel Shuihuzhuan (Water Margin), two with inscriptions identifying them as Bai Sheng the gambler, and Yang Lin the wandering outlaw.
Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 29th-30th October 1995, lot 720.
Note: An almost identical dish from the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 205, pl. 132.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012
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