A PAIR OF RARE FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT OPENWORK STANDS QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of circular section each stand similarly modeled with a slightly everted and shaped apron resting on four Ming-style cusped and barbed legs all joined and supported at the base by a ring foot, painted overall with an aubergine and black faux bois with delicately painted lines emulating an attractive grain and further ornamented with a row of applied polychrome ruyi heads below the rim (2)

Collection of George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939), London.
Collection of Winston F. C. Guest (1906-1982), New York.
Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 2nd December 1967, lot 68.

One stand with two restored clean breaks through the rim and across the top of one leg and a with a single glued break through the base. The other stand with has one barb on one leg restored.
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The form, style and painting on the present pair of stands appears to be unique. Famille-verte biscuit stands with solid tops are far more common. A hexagonal stand with a solid top but with similar aubergine-glazed 'faux-bois' cabriole legs with polychrome ruyi is illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, New York, 1985, p. 136, no. 108.