LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE MONTIETH, KANGXI PERIOD of oval form supported on four claw and ball feet, the crenellated rim above a pair of lion mask, enamelled on each side with a blossoming gnarly tree emanating from rocks, the rim bordered with various flowering plants and edged in cell pattern with carp swimming around the interior rim above large fish shown amidst waterweeds and other aquatic creatures, Width: 56cn. Provenance: Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd 2nd Baronet of Lightcliffe, Yorkshire (B1894 -D1965) and thence by decent