Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Kangxi Famille Verte

Chinese Export Kangxi Famille Verte Bowl - Chinese export porcelain famille verte bowl, Kangxi. Enameled with a crane and swooping bird among blooming lotus flowers. The rim with flowers among a dot matrix. Interior of the bowl with a blooming lotus flower and scrolling vines. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part III” 20 January 2004, Lot 200; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 2 3/4 in x diameter: 4 1/2 in. Condition: There is a hairline crack extending downwards from the top rim. To the other side of the bowl there is a hairline crack beginning to form. Small chips to the upper rim. Cracks to the footrim. Losses to the gilt decoration.