Ref: U599
Archive item - not for sale
Large Chinese blue and white 'peacock' charger, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a central floral medallion within radiating lotus-petal shaped panels containing double sets of the flowers of the four seasons, against a dotted cross-hatched ground separated by ruyi heads, the wide rim decorated with four shaped panels containing fruit and flowers, on a scrolling ferns and chrysanthemum flowerheads interspersed by peacocks, the reverse with ribboned emblems of the Eight Happy Omens. diameter: 16 3/4 in., 42.5 cm. A similar charger is illustrated in Li, He, 'Chinese Ceramics', p. 288, pl. 583; and in R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Export Porcelain in the Museum of Topkapi Saray, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. III, no. 2300, p. 1050. Also see the V&A Museum Collection, museum number: C.792-1910. SOLD
