Brûle-parfum tripode et quatre plats en porcelaine bleu blanc Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIE-XVIIIE siècle

le brûle-parfum à décor de vases archaïsants et symboles auspicieux sous une frise de nuages stylisés, deux plats à décor rayonnant, l'un chantourné, orné au centre d'un lotus, l'autre d'oiseaux, prunus et rochers, les deux autres décorés de pivoines et objets mobiliers, une frise de fleurs et gerbes sur les marlis

The dish with three bunches of peonies around the rim is restored all around with later respray covering approx. 2/3 of its circumference, a forked hairline crack in the glaze to the center of the dish, another 13 cm hairline to the base, some fritting ans minute chips around the rim, one of the Kraak porcelain dish with two restored chip and a secured crack to the rim, expected frittings to the edge, firing imperfections and glaze gaps to the interior, the other Kraak dish is generally in good condition with the exception of the expected fritting around the rim and two shallow chips 4 and 1,5 cm inside the footrim, the last dish with peonies is in good condition. The tripod porcelain censer is in good condition with the exception of some ground fritting, firing imperfections, some glaze flakes and fritting and four approx 1cm shallow chips to the rim. The white ground of all pieces is slightly more blueish than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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