A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT 'LOTUS LEAF' BRUSH WASHER
Kangxi
Naturalistically modelled in the form of an undulating lotus leaf with a small crab, toad and dragonfly resting in the well, beside a lotus pod with bulging seeds and open lotus flower water receptacle issuing from a thorny stem, set on three short feet.
11.5cm (4 1/2in) wide.
Footnotes:
清康熙 素三彩荷葉螃蟹硯滴

Provenance: Demetrius Zafiropoulos, France
Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art,'s-Hertogenbosch, 23 March 2004, no.61 (invoice and label)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.27

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, China Without Dragons, London, 3-9 November 2016, p.69, no.34 (label). John E. Bodie loaned 7 pieces to the exhibition.

來源： Demetrius Zafiropoulos，法國
Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art，荷蘭斯海托亨博斯，2004年3月23日，編號61（收據和標籤）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號27

展覽著錄： 東方陶瓷學會，《China Without Dragons》，倫敦，2016年11月3-9日，第69頁，編號34（據標籤）
John E. Bodie曾借展7件藏品給此展覽。

Compare with a very similar vessel, Kangxi, illustrated by A.du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984, p.233, no.13. See also a related box in the form of a brown crab on a green lotus leaf, Kangxi, illustrated by R.Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol.2, n.p., 1996, no.229.

See a related unusual famille verte biscuit 'bird and peony' group, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2023, lot 203.

In good condition overall; minor firing imperfections including some minor firing cracks, the largest approx 3mm long; some minor nicks to the extremities; and general surface wear.