Lot 28

An extremely large Chinese blue and white charger decorated with a large pagoda and figures, painted in underglaze blue and decorated with a pavilion flanked by a bird perched on a tall column, a similar bird on stylised triangular rockwork, a figure who looks European and two worshipers, within tall asters and a matching border at the rim, and beneath a similar spray of asters. A cup and saucer depicting a similar design is discussed and illustrated in D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer in Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande (fig. 141). A plate with this decoration is illustrated by David S. Howard in The Choice of the Private Trader (p. 44, n. 10). China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) -D. 46,5 cm, rim chip and short related hairline, small piece restuck-