Kangxi
Comprising: a pair of dishes, brightly enamelled with a peacock and peahen amongst rockwork, flowering peonies and chrysanthemums within floral borders; a dish depicting the Eight Horses of Muwang within a border of trees and rockwork; and a flower-form dish decorated with a central panel of two chickens, within leafy flowering stems to each petal lobe.
The largest: 22cm (8 5/8in) diam. (4).
Footnotes
清康熙 五彩盤四件
Provenance: Acquired from Arthur Harris, London, 2002 (the flower-form dish)(collector's notes)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2003 (the horses dish)(collector's notes)
Acquired from Hugh Mote, March 2009 (the pair of dishes)(collector's notes)
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours: An Exhibition of Ceramics with Coloured Decoration dating from 700 to 1920 belonging to members of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 2006, cat.no.115 (the horses dish)
M. White, , vol.1, n.p., 2020, p.76 (the horses dish)(Published and Illustrated)