A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE AND A STEM BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The plate decorated with a bird...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE AND A STEM BOWL

KANGXI 1662-1722

The plate decorated with a bird perched amongst rockwork and blossoming peony, all encircled by fruits and flowerheads, the stem bowl painted with sprays of prunus against a cracked-ice ground, with further floral and geometric designs to the foot and stem, 25cm and 12cm. (2)

Cf. S T Yeo and J Martin, Chinese Blue & White Ceramics, pp.244-5, no.285, pl.155 for a related stem bowl.