Asian Art II - 22nd May 2019

Lot 480

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' DISHES 19TH CENTURY Each painted to the centre with...

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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' DISHES

19TH CENTURY

Each painted to the centre with scenes of figures engaged in agricultural work in a rural landscape, with farmhouses and pagodas dispersed amongst the trees and mountains, the rims decorated with bands of bats amidst stylised clouds, with sprays of lotus to the underside of each, the bases with six character Kangxi marks, 34cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of the late Rev. Margaret Johnston (d.2018).