A large Chinese blue and white ‘Chrysanthemum” dish. Kangxi period.
Painted in vivid shades of blue, the center with two chrysanthemum blossoms growing from rockwork, the scene within double-line borders and encircled by rocks and flowers.
For a very similar pair of blue and white plates (but decorated with a bird), from Ralph M. Chait Galleries (New York), which will be soon offered to auction, see Sotheby’s New York, Inspired : Chinese Art from the Collection of Gerson and Judith Leiber, lot 472.