TWO 'FAMILLE-VERTE' RECTANGULAR PLAQUES QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

each similarly mounted as a table screen, painted on one side with a bird perched on a blossoming branch, beside insects in flight above bamboo issuing from rockwork within a border of flower heads interspersed on a diaper ground, the reverse with a scene of figures observing two Immortals standing on a garden terrace conjuring a stork from a magical sword, surrounded by a border of dragons in mutual pursuit, the stands intricately carved and pierced from light and dark hardwoods

A similar pair of plaques, one painted with the same scene of two Immortals conjuring a stork from a magical sword, but with a different border design, and the other painted with birds, was sold at Christie's London, 25th June 1979, lot 71. See also a pair of famille-verte plaques of related form painted with birds sold in our Monte Carlo rooms, 13th February 1983, lot 237.