KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A SET OF EIGHT UNDERGLAZE-RED-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The center of each dish is decorated with a bare-chested man wearing an animal skin apron over his pants carrying a long pole, to which is attached a fly whisk, and possibly a straw hat, and with a large bundle on his back, reserved on the rich powder-blue ground, while the exterior is decorated with two bamboo canes, and the base with a small flower mark within a double circle.
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Spink & Son, London, 1962.

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Lot Essay

These dishes are very similar to one illustrated by C. J. A. Jorg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 127, no. 132, and cover detail. The author notes that the figure may represent one of the 'wandering combatants' mentioned in Chinese stories, possibly one of the 'fighting monks' in the novel Shuihu zhuan, and possibly Monk Hua who was adept at singlestick fighting.

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