A Small Chinese Export Verte-Imari Bowl Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period | 清康熙 五彩博古花卉圖小盌

Guest and Gray, London

A closely related bowl of larger size is in the collection of the British Museum, London, donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, acc. no. Franks. 352. A similarly decorated dish is in the collection of the Groninger Museum, Groningen, and illustrated in Christaan J. A. Jörg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Groningen, 2011, cat. no. 57, where the author notes that this design demonstrates high levels of technical skill required in its production, which involved three firings for the various enamels and decorations.