A BLUE AND WHITE 'CRAB AND MILLET' DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI - YONGZHENG PERIOD

A BLUE AND WHITE 'CRAB AND MILLET' DISH

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI - YONGZHENG PERIOD

清康熙至雍正 青花歲歲和諧圖盤 《瑤華清賞》款

the rounded sides flaring slightly towards the rim and raised on a tapered foot, the interior deftly painted with a pair of lively crabs scuttling through the placid water towards an overhanging branch of millet, the base inscribed with a four-character mark, Yao hua qing shang, within a double square

Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.4 cm