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Small Chinese dish with shaped rim, Kangxi

Small Chinese dish with shaped rim, Kangxi

Code: 19603

£350.00 Approx $441.92, €409.36

A small Chinese dish or tray with shaped rim, decorated in underglaze blue, and dating from the Kangxi period.  The centre of the dish is decorated with a phoenix in flight above a flowering bush. The rim of the dish is decorated with alternating panels of flowers and birds, and stylised flower heads in reserve against a blue ground.  The reverse of the dish is decorated with two flower sprays around the rim.  Diameter 16.3 cm (6.4")

Provenance: from the Kaars Sijpesteijn Family Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain.  It is possible that this dish copies the form of a Dutch delftware original.

Dating: Kangxi c 1700 - 1720

Condition:

Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restoration.  There is a little glaze fritting around the rim