FOUR FAMILLE-VERTE DISHES
Kangxi period
Comprising: A pair of scallop-rimmed and molded shell-shaped dishes, each painted in enamels and gilt with butterflies and peonies to the oval center below a lambrequin border, the exterior with four simple flower sprays and a band of classic scroll and half flower-heads below the rim, each foot-rim with an original single hole for suspension; together with a pair of circular saucer dishes, each painted in bright enamels with gilt highlights with a central scene of a pair of peacocks standing amidst rockwork, flowering peonies, chrysanthemums, and daisies with a butterfly above, the rim with a band of further branches of blossom and lotus, the reverse side with trailing flower sprays, the bases with double encircled underglaze-blue leaf marks.
Shell-shaped dishes: 9 15/16in (25.2cm) across; 6 9/16in (16.5cm) diam
Footnotes:
清康熙時期 五彩花蝶紋貝殼形盤兩件及孔雀百花紋圓盤兩件

Provenance:
The circular saucer dishes: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York, 19 January 2002, no. 17535
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage, Williamsburg, Virginia
The Colonial Williamsburg Museum, 2002 to the present

來源：
孔雀百花紋圓盤：紐約Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.古董行，2002年1月19日，編號17535
Joseph H. Hennage伉儷舊藏，弗吉尼亞州威廉斯堡
威廉斯堡殖民博物館，2002年至今