Fine Chinese Works of Art, Paintings & Calligraphy - 22 May 2018
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A RARE CHINESE POWDER BLUE GROUND AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED DISH
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with a figure of a travelling warrior monk carrying a large bundle, a fly whisk and a long stick on his back, all reserved against a powder blue ground, with sprays of bamboo and a flower mark in a double circle to the reverse, 26cm.
Cf. C J A Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, pp.127-128, no.132 for a dish of an identical design.
The plate probably depicts Monk Hua, a character from Shuihu zhuan, a popular tale of rogues and robbers.