Two blue and white 'Master of the Rocks' plates

CHENGHUA SIX CHARACTER MARK, EARLY KANGXI

Details

Two blue and white 'Master of the Rocks' plates
Chenghua six character mark, early Kangxi
The central double-line medallion delicately painted with a riverscape with high cliffs and pine trees including small figures and boats, the everted rim with dew drops scattered among pine needles (both with hairline crack, one with chips)
20 cm. diam. (2)

Literature

R.S. Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1981, p. 95 pl. 102 for a similar dish.

Lot Essay

'Master of the Rocks' is a term used for this type of drawing on early Kangxi porcelain. It has been suggested it was the work of one master decorator, although numerous known diversions of this style indicate it must have been executed by different hands.

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