176 - CHINA

CHINA A large round glazed porcelain dish in the Green Family style, decorated with a lively palace scene featuring a dancer, musicians, and courtesans during a ceremony at a dignitary’s residence; two coral-glazed dragons wind their way down the columns near the table of honor. The scene is completed by the presence of an elephant and a Buddhist lion at the entrance to the pavilion, tended to by attendants. The reverse is decorated with lotus flowers. An apocryphal mark of Emperor Kangxi appears beneath the base. Diameter: 42 cm