A late 17th C saucer dish, the cavetto barbed edged and molded as flower petals, a decorative motif quite popular at this time, painted with underglaze blue pomegranate shaped cartouche enclosing alternating iron red and gilt highlighted floral sprays and a falcon on a perch beneath a twisted rope border. In the well of the dish, drawn in varying degrees of iron red with gilt highlights encircled by double underglaze blue lines, a central panel depicting characters in a scene from the novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The reverse undecorated. This design is also known in blue and white decor.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 康熙 Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Diameter: 8 3/4" (22.2cm)
Condition: Excellent, minor frits on rim.
Please refer to item #EX-212 when inquiring.