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Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.

Chinese Famille Verte Glazed Biscuit Porcelain Scroll Weight

description

Of rectangular form, modelled hollow with openwork ends. The body decorated with flowerheads and leaves, painted in vivid colors upon a seeded green ground. The top, with applied branch decoration; and the bottom, with bamboo boldly painted in sepia. A very rare type and unusual form.

Length: 14 ⅛ inches (36 cm.)

Ex: Private American Collection An almost identical example is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Robert E. Tod Collection).