A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH

19TH CENTURY

Brightly painted with ladies riding on horseback as three gentlemen drink tea on a balcony above, the reverse decorated with four stylised leaves, with an artemisia leaf to the base, 38cm.

Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Martel Maides Auctions in 1994.

Cf. W Qian, Tianwuguan Cang Ci, vol.1, pp.158-159 for a pair of Kangxi dishes decorated with the same subject.