A BLUE AND WHITE 'WILD GEESE' DISH QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

outlined and painted with variously-toned blue washes, with a scene of wild geese descending on a shoreline punctuated with reeds, one goose with its head submerged looking for food, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, box and stand (3)

The Chang Collection of Antique Chinese Pottery and Porcelain prior to 1951.
Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 1951.
Collection of Eugene D. Buchanan, acquired by the current owners circa 1977.

There is a hairline crack from the rim approx. 1 in. (2.5 cm) long, and a few minute scattered burst bubbles on the rim and footrim. The interior with two minor kiln adhesions and a glazed over tear.
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