A pair of Chinese blue and white small dishes, Kangxi six ch...

Hammer

£33,000

A pair of Chinese blue and white small dishes, Kangxi six character marks and of the period (1662-1722), each finely painted with scenes from the Romance of the West Chamber, the underside with a river landscape, with everted rims and a circular foot.
cf. Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, China / 5000 Years sale, 30 November 2021, lot 422 for a similar pair of Kangxi dishes, apparently from the same workshop bearing ‘qishi baoding zhi zhen’ marks, 15.7cm and 15.8cm diameter, foot later pierced, hairline cracks

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Both dishes are grubby and have been later drilled with two holes through the foot for a metal wire hanger. The dish painted with three figures in a pavilion has a short hairline crack at the 3 o?clock position, a splinter chip to the edge at the 4 o?clock position and a tiny chip at the 12 o?clock position. The dish painted with four figures in a pavilion garden has a hairline crack at the 6 o?clock position, otherwise in good condition.