A famille verte enameled charger


Engraved Johanneum Mark N=188,I, KangxiThe wide curving well painted in bright colors and highlighted in gilt to portray an official kneeling in the foreground between civil and military officials standing to hear a high official reading an imperial proclamation as he stands before he brocade doors and dragon-decorated pillars of the imperial palace; the reverse undecorated, the recessed base within the double foot centered with flower sprig mark within a double ring drawn in underglaze blue and the glaze engraved with the Johanneum mark. 15in (38cm) diameter
|ProvenanceFrederick Augustus I (1670-1733) Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, known as Augustus II the Strong (mark)The inventory mark engraved into the base of the present lot indicates that it once was part of the extensive collection of Chinese porcelain assembled by Augustus II the Strong. When parts of his collection were removed to the Johanneum in Dresden in 1876, the porcelains received distinctive inventory numbers beginning with the letter N. A blue and white chamber bowl, Kangxi mark and of the period with the Johanneum inventory mark N:489 was sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 7 November 2016, lot 177. For and engraved mark N=183.I very similar to the mark on this charger, see the famille rose dish, Yongzheng period, sold at Christie's, Amsterdam 26-27 March 2013, lot 299.