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A PAIR OF GILT POWDER-BLUE GROUND AND ‘FAMILLE VERTE’ BOWLS
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century
7,2 x 14,5 cm each
Provenance: Augustus the Strong (1670-1733); Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. nn. 4591, 4598.
Standing on a circular foot, the bowls have an undulating wall decorated to the exterior with eight panels alternating groups of object on a blue ground to ‘birds and flowers’ compositions, a pheasant to the centre of the interior, the internal rim with eight ruyi’s heads on a geometric ground.
Both the bowls have the black inscription “N°: 58 +” referring to the inventory of the collection of Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), who owned also another similar piece, now in the Porzellansammlung in Dresden (inv. PO 3278).
