A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'PHEASANT AND PEONY' DISH

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'PHEASANT AND PEONY' DISH
KANGXI 1622-1722

35.3cm.

From an English private collection, acquired in the first half of the 20th century and thence by descent.

Brightly enamelled with a pheasant standing upon a rock amongst a flowering magnolia tree and peonies, encircled by four panels of further flowering branches, the reverse decorated with an interlocking lotus scroll, and an artemisia mark to the base.