EIGHT RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LOBED DISHES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
EIGHT RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LOBED DISHES
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each molded with nine lobes, each lobe finely painted with cartouches depicting various flowers including lotus, prunus, peonies, willow, the center painted with insects among chrysanthemum and peonies issuing from rockwork
diameter 8 ⅞ in; 22.5 cm
Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania (a pair)
A similarly decorated example is in the collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, and illustrated in Regina Krahl and John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. III, p. 1042, cat. no. 2274. A further example was sold at Christie's New York, 11 October 1990, lot 208