Details A FAMILLE VERTE BOWLKANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)The bowl is decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene of figures gathering on a terrace on one side, accompanied by a poem describing the event. The interior is further decorated with a landscape.7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) diam. Provenance John Sparks, London, February 1943, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 560 Literature The Oriental Ceramic Society, Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, p.9, cat. no. 21Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 52-53, no. 14 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, 23 May – 21 July 1951, no. 21Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021 Conditions of sale