清康熙 五彩開光式花卉徽章紋盤

gilt and enamelled at the centre with the coat-of-arms of Luxenburgh, framed by two pairs of birds in flight amidst peony and chrysanthemum blooms, the well and rim with shaped panels variously enclosing scholars in landscapes, pairs of birds and fish, all reserved on an underglaze-blue diaper ground

A 66mm rim crack at approximately 5 o'clock, with an associated 5mm rim crack and associated losses. Some wear to the gilding and possible oxidisation to the silver enamel to the coat-of-arms. Minor surface wear elsewhere, but otherwise in good condition.
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