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During the Kangxi period, enameled porcelain achieved new heights, featuring bright colors and exquisite images. This superb example not only conveys the dragon’s impressive power, but also communicates humor through the creature’s comical gaze. Known as famille verte (French, “green family”), Kangxi enameled porcelain was very popular in the West from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The magnificent wares became luxury ornaments in fashionable European and American homes, including Moore’s.
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