Sold Ceramics - Sold Famille Verte wares 1680-1725 - Flowers, Animals and Long Elizas - Page 1

Object 2012071

Dish

China

c.1700

Height 60 mm (2.36 inch), diameter of rim 349 mm (13.74 inch), diameter of footring 190 mm (7.48 inch), weight 1,557 grams (54.92 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, spreading sides and flaring rim. Decorated in famille verte enamels and iron-red with a central peony and chrysanthemum spray surrounded by a wide zig-zag lines pattern border. On the sides and rim narrow panels filled with tassels tied with a flower head or with a diaper-pattern. The large panels are filled with various flowering plants, taihu (garden) rocks and birds. Marked on the base with the symbol mark, Artemisia leaf with tassels, in a double circle, underglaze blue,

Condition: Some wear to the iron-red decoration. Two firing flaws to the base and a glaze flaw to the reverse rim. A rough rim with a hairline and some frits and chips. A frit and two chips to the footring.

Price: Sold.