Lot 11: A BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORAL' DISH Kangxi

A BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORAL' DISH

Kangxi

Painted in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with magnolia and peonies issuing from gnarled rockwork in the center, the rim with radiating cartouches alternately depicting asters and peonies.


8 7/8in (22.5cm) diam

Generally, in excellent overall condition. A few minute air bubble pinpricks but unobtrusive. A small original kiln glaze-pull to the base but again unobtrusive. Highly recommended.

清康熙 青花花石圖盤



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York

Purchase by subscription, 1879

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present




來源：

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約

會費購藏，1879 年

大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今



See Regina Krahl, John Ayers and Nurdan Erbahar,
Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, A Complete Catalogue, III, Qing Dynasty Porcelains, London, 1986, p.1021, no.2193 and p.1025, nos.2208-2208b for a jar and cover, dish, and bowl, each with an 'aster-pattern' design. See also a dish, nearly identical to the aforementioned Topkapi example, with a border pattern of asters but with a chrysanthemum floral scroll at the center rather than the garden scene of our example, illustrated in
The World in Blue and White, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 2003, p.27, no.64.

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