18C Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Plate Cuckoo House Marked Artemesia
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Condition Report: Overall Condition; 1 line, 2 firing flaws (1 seems a line but is more like a firing flaw) and some frits. Size 247mm
Rare Kangxi dish with many symbols.
Dish is painted in the center with a Lotus blossom form panel against trellis pattern containing a scene with two cranes grasping slender bamboo strips in its beak to pavilion which floating on the violently swirling waves on the background. Boarder flowers of Crysanthemum, Peony, and Lotus.
This center decor type are inspired by legend ”The Isles of the Blessed”.
http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/taoism/peng.html
Two Cranes: Two cranes walking or flying together is the ultimate symbol of longevity. The subject matter cranes in upward flight grasping slender bamboo strps used as counters coveys the rebus ”haiwu tianchou” or ”may you live to a ripe old age” .
Boarder flower symbols:
Chrysanthemum: Longevity
Peony: Wealth and honour
Lotus: Purity
A single Prunus flower-head on Roiling waves : A Symbol of Strength.
Reference; Jeffrey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, pl. 19.
7-5-19-15-15
All will be packed neat and sent track and trace and insurance. Registered airmail.
Packages are always shipped on the next wednesday. If there is a specific hurry please contact us.
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