Kavel 1757

A Chinese porcelain 'Monkey dish', decorated in underglaze blue, centered with a phoenix amongst flowering peony branches encircled within a swirled lobed rim with alternating panels of further peony branches and a tree with a small monkey sitting in its branches. The finely painted peony motifs continue on a reverse with a small lotus blossom centers the bottom, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Literature: Howard & Ayers, 'China for the West', Vol. I, London, 1978, pl. 18, p. 64. -D. 26,7 cm, piece restuck, small piece to the rim missing-