A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CHARGER

Kangxi period

Painted in bright enamels and gilt with a lavish scene of three ladies playing ball in a garden among trees and jardinieres, two young women observing from a veranda, a pair of boys running towards them along the fence surrounding a small pond, the rim with a rich band of brocade patterns divided by panels of animals and precious objects, the base with an artemisia leaf mark within a double line

37cm

Provenance: the collection of Suleyman Alamuddin CBE (1920 - 2002)

A dish of the same pattern is in the collection of the VIctoria and Albert Museum in London under accession number CIRC.55-1932.

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