Pair of blue and white dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Pair of blue and white dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722)
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Description
Pair of blue and white dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722), each decorated to the centre with boughs of flowering peony and seed pods issuing from rockwork, with winged insects and a pair of birds, one perching while the other flies above, the deep cavetto and rim each with formalised and partitioned borders comprising fourteen ogee-topped panels containing further flowering boughs and grasses with flying insects against cellular and hatch-pattern grounds, the reverse with bands of double circles, six scrolling floral motifs to the rim, six ruyi-heads and a central square mark to the base within a further double circle.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 34.5cm. (13 1/2in.)
Condition: Both dishes have slight frits, one where the glaze is worn over 5cm.
| item details | |
|---|---|
| Material and Technique | Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration |
| Origin | Chinese |
| Diameter | 34.5cm. (13 1/2in.) |
Product REF: W799
