M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
PAIR KANGXI CHINESE EXPORT "HUNTING SCENE" LARGE PLATES
China, c1690-1710
The round plates painted in underglaze blue, each centering a landscape with two Chinese archers on horseback, a third riding beside, led by the hunting dog, all within two concentric circles, the flattened rim painted with leiwen border having lobed blue-bordered reserves of flowerheads and foliate sprays; the verso centering a ”conch” within concentric circles, the rims having wash-painted vignettes of rocky shorelines with pagodas,
a motif used on good quality blue and white and famille verte plates
c1700 Provenance : Portland Museum of Art, Portland Oregon An identical plate is illustrated in China for the West : Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection,
Howard & Ayers, published for Sotheby's, 1978 Condition : Excellent; each with minor rim frits and usual kiln flaws present in Kangxi porcelain; one with a tight amalgamated cavetto hairline, visible only verso; good ring when tapped
10.25” Diameter
SOLD (sold before we could properly re-photograph them in large format)
#6605
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Pair of Kangxi Blue & White "Hunting Scene" Large Plates, c1690-1710 |