BLUE AND WHITE 'FLYING-CRANES' DISH KANGXI PERIOD WITH SIX C...

Hammer

£1,400

BLUE AND WHITE 'FLYING-CRANES' DISH
KANGXI PERIOD WITH SIX CHARACTER MARK QI SHI BAO DING ZHI ZHEN (PRECIOUS AS A TREASURED DING OF RARE STONE) 
painted in tones of underglaze blue with flying cranes amidst three of the eight treasures (Babao)
15.5cm diam

PROVENANCE: From a Private London Collection

NOTE: For an almost identical example see the above book with reference Item lll.4.182, Page 486.

For a small Shunzhi blue and white bowl with the same identical mark to its base see “An Era of Inspiration: 17th Century Chinese Porcelain from the collection of Julia and John Curtis”, Christie’s New York, 16th March 2015, Lot 3537.

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Good overall appearance with one hairline crack and a firing fault to the foot rim.