M5737/8
£12,500
Description
A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white thinly potted saucer dishes each fluted bodies foliate rims, painted with a scene from Xixiang ji, The Romance of The Western Chamber with Zhang Sheng meeting Cui Yingying in a terraced garden scene between a tree, beside an interior with table and stools, all beneath clouds, each underside with two landscapes and viewing pavilions.
The bases with six-character marks of Kangxi within double rings and of the period, 1662-1722.
7 ¾ inches, 19.7 cm diameter.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From the collection of Lt .Col. W.B.R. Neave – Hill (1912-2000) and thence by descent.
Condition
Excellent
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