A blue and white 'boy and peony' dish Mark and period of Kangxi | 清康熙 青花連生貴子盤 《大清康熙年製》款
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A blue and white 'boy and peony' dish
Mark and period of Kangxi
清康熙 青花連生貴子盤 《大清康熙年製》款
the interior reverse-painted with a boy holding a peony branch against a dense blue leafy scroll ground, the rim encircled with a lotus scroll band, the exterior with three floral sprays alternating with butterflies, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
15.6 cm
Collection of Tang Shaoyi (1862-1938), the first prime minister of the Republic of China, and thence by descent.
民國首任總理唐紹儀（1862-1938年）收藏，後於家族傳承
A similar Kangxi reign-marked dish from the collection of Mr P.J. Donnelly was included by Sir Harry Garner, John Ayers and Soame Jenyns in The Arts of Ch’ing Dynasty, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 35, 1963-64, no. 98. See also an identical dish sold in these rooms, 11th July 2020, lot 3107.