Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE 'PHOENIX' DISH QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD | 清康熙 五彩鳳鳴朝陽圖葵口盤
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October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE 'PHOENIX' DISH QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 五彩鳳鳴朝陽圖葵口盤
the sides of lobed form supported by a tapering foot and rising to a barbed rim, the center painted with a phoenix bird perched atop rockwork among blossoming peonies and under a wutong tree, with another phoenix bird soaring above amidst scrolling clouds, all within a diaper border interspersed with cartouches of flowers and foliage, the cavetto with panels painted with flowers issuing from rockwork, landscapes and' hundred antiques', the base with a zhi mark in underglaze blue.
Diameter: 14⅛ in.
35.9 cm
Ralph M. Chait Galleries New York, January 2006
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 360, p. 693, illus.
Phoenix birds are among one of the most popular motifs in Chinese art, along with the qilin and dragon. The decoration painted on the present example, one phoenix bird soaring above another perched beneath a Chinese parasol (wutong) tree with a rising sun in the background, symbolizes all good things in life. Further information on this topic is provided in Bartholomew, 2006, p. 160. A nearly identical example was sold in our London rooms, May 18, 2018, lot 400.