| Finely decorated in famille rose, the interior with five bats in underglaze red on a white glaze, the exterior with four medallions each with a Chinese character all surrounded by flowering plants and leaf tendrils stopping at the footrim, the base glazed white with a six character Jiaqing mark in underglaze red and of the period. 10 in" diam.
Provenance: Stamford, Connecticut collection
A dish 7 5/8 in. in diameter identical to the charger offered here is being sold at Sotheby's New York on September 21, 2006, lot 356. |