Lot 1201
1201
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each dish is finely decorated in vibrant underglaze blue on the convex center with ladies dipping a bucket into a lotus pond, surrounded by a landscape scene of plantain and blossoming prunus under the moon and stars, below further scenes of ladies on the everted rim. The exterior is decorated with the ribbon-tied bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) above a band of petal-tips at the foot.
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in London, 1970s.

Lot Essay

Each dish has the remains of a barely legible sticker from the Manchester City Art Gallery, possibly dated 1913. A similar dish from The Metropolitan Museum of Art was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 854.

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