A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BASIN QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, DATED 1685

the body of compressed globular form, rising from a short spreading foot to a broad flaring rim, painted around the exterior with a large flower-filled ruyi-head band between smaller ruyi, lotus-lappet and chevron bands, eight-character Kangxi xin yi zhong he tang zhi mark to base

The eight-character mark Kangxi xin yi zhong he tang zhi may be translated as Kangxi, 1685, Hall of Middle Harmony.