康熙 Kangxi Blue & White Kraak Style Floral Dish
A thinly potted blue and white
Chinese Kraak style plate or dish, the cavetto with faintly molded lotus leaves
forming a barbed rim decorated with
lotus petal shaped panels strewn with floral sprays alternating with a single
aster flower against a cracked ice ground beneath the barbed edge trimmed with
prunus (plum) blossoms. The center medallion framed by a double line border features
a centrally placed peony flower surrounded by chrysanthemum blooms and scrolling
foliage. The reverse decorated with the eight precious objects
beneath a line border and above a lotus petal border. The base bears a beribboned artemisia leaf within concentric
circles. |
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