KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The combination of magpies and prunus depicts the rebus for 'happiness up to the tips of your eyebrows'. A dish of this pattern is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 116, no. 99. Compare also a single dish sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2011, lot 443, and pair of dishes sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2006, lot 346.