Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
A PAIR OF MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEACOCK' DISHES
Lot 18

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

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed15 September 2011

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GBP 17,500

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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)

Specialist note

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.