A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEACOCK' DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEACOCK' DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each painted with a central floral medallion within radiating panels of flowers, the wide rims reserved with four panels of fruiting foliage alternating with peacocks, on a scrolling chrysanthemum ground, the reverse with ribboned emblems, the bases with lingzhi (fungus) marks within double circles
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

A dish of this design and of this exceptionally large size is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Export Porcelain in the Museum of Topkapi Saray, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. III, no. 2300, p. 1050. A single example, also of this size, was sold Christie's New York, 23 January 2008, lot 1.

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