Lot description
A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE SMALL 'BIRTHDAY' SAUCER KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) The saucer is finely and delicately potted with low rounded sides, the interior with a large peach, delicately shaded with green and iron-red enamels and further embellished with a stylised Shou character, the fruit growing on a short stem and detailed with leaves in two tones of green enamels, the glaze has a soft blue tinge on the base and stops at the foot 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) diam., box
