Ref: U671
Archive item - not for sale
Large Chinese famille-verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centre with a figurative scene of the Daoist dignitaries Shoulao, Fuxing and Luxing, the Three Star Gods, pictured with a boy attendant, a deer and a crane, in a rocky landscape scene beneath swirling clouds and pine trees, the rim with a band of floral cells against a red stippled ground and six cartouches containing beribboned scholarly objects including a ruyi-head sceptre and scrolls. SOLD
Dimensions:
Diameter: 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.)
Condition:
Fritting to rim (also it looks like a small piece has been out of the rim and cleverly restored back in. It is extremely difficult to see the restoration)
Notes:
The Three Star Gods are personified symbols of Good Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity.
