Famille-verte 'Peach' Saucers, Kangxi, with Box, Min Chiu Exhibition

A pair of famille-verte 'peach' saucers, Kangxi, with a fitted…
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A pair of famille-verte 'peach' saucers, Kangxi, with a fitted box, 9.7 cm diam. each (2). Exhibited and Published: Min Chiu Society, Catalogue of the 7th Annual Exhibition of Porcelain of Ch'ing Dynasty. K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Periods (From 1662 to 1795AD), Hong Kong, 1968, no. 28 and also illustrated. This pair of saucers is closely associated with a group of saucers and dishes of similar design but with added gilt 'shou' characters on the peach and also marked. Similar pieces of this small size is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Section 2 Revised Edition, 1991, p. 19, nos. 800 and 801 (6.8 cm diam.), and also compare with another saucer of 7 cm diam, see Christies, Hong Kong, 12 Dec 2017, lot 2812.

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