Lot 1754

A large Chinese porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue, centrally depicting a scene of flowers issuing from open rock work, encircled by 18 cartouches with flowers, the moulded wall with a band of flowers beneath the rim, the exterior with identical band of flowers over floral filled cartouches, artemisia leaf within a double blue circle to the base, label No. 42 to the base, referring to the 1882 inventory of the collection, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) -D. 27 cm, hairline crack-