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TWO LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD
The first painted in washy tones of cobalt blue with a blossoming prunus tree on a 'cracked ice' ground, the reverse with three bamboo stalks and an artemesia leaf mark, the second decorated with scrolling lotus vines, bamboo stalks and a stylized character mark on the reverse (chips and frits, each with one hairline)--13¾ and 14 1/8in. (35 and 36cm.) diam. (2)
KANGXI PERIOD
The first painted in washy tones of cobalt blue with a blossoming prunus tree on a 'cracked ice' ground, the reverse with three bamboo stalks and an artemesia leaf mark, the second decorated with scrolling lotus vines, bamboo stalks and a stylized character mark on the reverse (chips and frits, each with one hairline)--13¾ and 14 1/8in. (35 and 36cm.) diam. (2)