China, Kangxi period (1661-1722).
The plates with barbed rim, decorated in the central roundel with an underglaze blue decoration of two ladies or ‘Long Eliza’ in a garden pavilion setting with birds flying around. The rim is molded with petal-shaped panels which are painted with foliage and insects.
Provenance:
Collection van de Wint, Franeker and thence by descent.
Dimensions:
Diameter 21.5 cm, height 3.2 cm.
Condition:
Plate 1: Some glaze crazing to the center.
Plate 2: A hairline to the border of ca. 3.5 cm.
Plate 3: Some glaze crazing to the center.
Plate 4: Some glaze crazing to the center, two hairlines of 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm, two small rim chips.
Plate 5: A Y-shaped hairline to the center showing on the front and back of ca. 6 x 8.5 cm, a rim chip resulting in a rim hairline of ca. 2.5 cm.
The asking price is for all five plates in one buy.
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Inv. No: MW80