CIRCA 1700

Details

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'JOOSJE TER PAARD' SCALLOPED RIM DISH
CIRCA 1700
Decorated with two women on horseback and a hound pursuing a hare, stylized lotus scroll and Buddhist symbol border, the reverse with underglaze blue apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Literature

See Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, pl. 8

Lot Essay

The Chenghua mark (1465-87) was not intended as a forgery, but rather as a compliment to the quality of the piece and to replace the mark of Kangxi (1662-1722) who had forbidden the use of his name on porcelain made for export after 1682; a ban which nominally remained in force until the late 19th century.

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