Dish, anonymous, c. 1700 Plate of porcelain with short wall and flat edge, painted in underlaze blue. On the flat a representation of a boy on a large turtle swimming in wavy water near rocks, under clouds and moon or sun; the edge with four different patterns interspersed with cartouches in which scholars with servants: a horizontal scholar and servant busy with a stove, a scholar playing on a qin and served with an incense burner, a sitting scholar with a servant, a scholar writing on a role who holds the servant; The rear with three valuables (pearl, music stone, mint) and happiness symbol
Dish, anonymous, c. 1700 Plate of porcelain with short wall and flat edge, painted in underlaze blue. On the flat a representation of a boy on a large turtle swimming in wavy water near rocks, under clouds and moon or sun; the edge with four different patterns interspersed with cartouches in which scholars with servants: a horizontal scholar and servant busy with a stove, a scholar playing on a qin and served with an incense burner, a sitting scholar with a servant, a scholar writing on a role who holds the servant; The rear with three valuables (pearl, music stone, mint) and happiness symbol (shell). The central part of this board may show a scene from the legend of Xuanwu. Marked on the underside with a six-character brand of Keizer Kangxi in a double circle. A chip in the edge. Blue White. China porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral) painting / vitrification Plate of porcelain with short wall and flat edge, painted in underlaze blue. On the flat a representation of a boy on a large turtle swimming in wavy water near rocks, under clouds and moon or sun; the edge with four different patterns interspersed with cartouches in which scholars with servants: a horizontal scholar and servant busy with a stove, a scholar playing on a qin and served with an incense burner, a sitting scholar with a servant, a scholar writing on a role who holds the servant; The rear with three valuables (pearl, music stone, mint) and happiness symbol (shell). The central part of this board may show a scene from the legend of Xuanwu. Marked on the underside with a six-character brand of Keizer Kangxi in a double circle. A chip in the edge. Blue White. China porcelain. glaze. cobalt (mineral) painting / vitrification
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