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Unknown — Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period [two Items]
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Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period [two Items]

These two elegant Qing Dynasty dishes from the Kangxi period showcase the exceptional quality of imperial Chinese porcelain, featuring rich cobalt-blue underglaze decoration that exemplifies the period's mastery of blue-and-white ware. Each piece displays a harmonious composition of a central floral basket medallion surrounded by a delicate rim border of alternating fruiting and flowering sprays punctuated by an insect motif. The bases bear apocryphal Chenghua reign marks in underglaze-blue, a common practice of the Kangxi period reflecting admiration for earlier Ming Dynasty porcelain traditions.

Medium
Each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, painted in rich cobalt-blue tones to the interior with a medallion enclosing a large basket of flowers, encircled at the rim by a band of a fruiting and a flowering spray divided by an insect, the base with apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze-blue.

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Works of Art from the Morpurgo Collection

October 31, 2018

Estimate: $800$1,200

Lot 3

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Unknown, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period [two Items]

These two elegant Qing Dynasty dishes from the Kangxi period showcase the exceptional quality of imperial Chinese porcelain, featuring rich cobalt-blue underglaze decoration that exemplifies the period's mastery of blue-and-white ware. Each piece displays a harmonious composition of a central floral basket medallion surrounded by a delicate rim border of alternating fruiting and flowering sprays punctuated by an insect motif. The bases bear apocryphal Chenghua reign marks in underglaze-blue, a common practice of the Kangxi period reflecting admiration for earlier Ming Dynasty porcelain traditions.

Medium
Each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, painted in rich cobalt-blue tones to the interior with a medallion enclosing a large basket of flowers, encircled at the rim by a band of a fruiting and a flowering spray divided by an insect, the base with apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze-blue.
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Underglaze Blue, Asian Antiquity, Floral Motif, Decorative Arts, Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty, Chinese Art, Ceramic, Blue And White, Historical Artist

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art