TWO LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FLOWER' DISHES
TWO LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FLOWER' DISHES
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. FRIEDRICH HIRTH (1845-1927)
TWO LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FLOWER' DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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TWO LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FLOWER' DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
One dish is decorated to the interior with a lotus pond enclosed by six flower sprays including peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia to the rim. The other dish is decorated to the centre with a butterfly in flight above peonies growing beside rocks. The rim is decorated with leafy lotus blossoms. Both dishes are decorated to the exterior with large leafy peonies.
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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