A LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE 'MAGU' DISH QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

well potted with rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, the interior brightly enamelled with a central medallion enclosing immortals in a landscape, depicting Magu holding a large peach beside a female attendant supporting a tray with a jue, the ladies standing before a further attendant carrying a long staff tied with a double-gourd, with a stag hauling cart holding a handled wine jar with a lotus leaf cover in the foreground, all within underglaze-blue double-line borders repeated at the rim, the exterior painted in iron red with the beribboned bajixiang alternating with gilt shou characters supported on iron-red, pale yellow and turquoise lotus blooms borne on a leafy meander, inscribed to the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double circle

Christie's New York, 16th September 2011, lot 1493.

It is in overall good condition with only some typical scratches especially to the interior well and wear to the gilt decoration. There are also original firing imperfections including scattered pinpricks and a related small firing line to the mark. The enamels have been generally well preserved with minor bubbles.
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