KANGXI PERIOD

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A MASSIVE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEACOCK' CHARGER
KANGXI PERIOD
On the wide rim four large peacocks standing amidst chrysanthemum vine, on the back ribbon-tied symbols around the rim with a large underglaze blue sacred fungus mark in the center
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

Massive chargers in this classic pattern were a favorite of Chinese porcelain collectors worldwide. Examples from the royal collection at Dresden sold Christie's London, 19 May 2005; others are in James Whistler's famed Peacock Room, now at the Freer Gallery, Washington DC; another, also with fungus mark, in the Topkapi Saray is illustrated by Krahl and Ayers in the Catalogue of Chinese Ceramics, Vol. III, pl. 2300.

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