A VERY LARGE PAIR OF ROSE-IMARI DISHES
A VERY LARGE PAIR OF ROSE-IMARI DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1720

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A VERY LARGE PAIR OF ROSE-IMARI DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1720
The centers with densely packed, symmetrically arranged flowering vine bearing small pink leaves, on the well pink diaper pattern and the rims with large lotus blooms growing from curling cobalt blue leaves
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
With The Chinese Porcelain Co., New York.
Literature
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 214-215, no. 74, where the author notes that the pair "[is] unusual in size and decoration" and that the central "pinwheel-like flower is unheard of in Chinese enameling, as is the border flower [with yellow and deep red petals]".

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