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1725 Chinese BLUE WHITE Export HEX PLATE-2 DEER Stk #1461271952
..............> 1700 s Chinese EXPORT Hexagonal Blue/White Plate w/ 2 Deer <............... ------------------------------------------- A wonderful early 1700s Chinese blue/white export plate with a hexagonal rim and deep bowl. The decoration is is in a style typical of the Kangxi/Yongzhen era with free and vigorous brushstrokes. And the subject matter is wonderful, a pair of frolicking doe or fawn with those wide open eyes. There is a big pine tree shadowing the rocks, and a pagoda in the background. This is a park scene, possibly one of the Imperial hunting parks, not just a garden. Ring of lapets inside the rim and a geometric border along the rim with leaf patterns. No mark on the back, unglazed footrim and rim, showing a little orange from the firing with the slighlty greyish biscuit below. The glaze is smooth & white with a hint of blue.

9" diameter. Some roughness and very small flakes along the rim, not too noticeable due to the color of the rim itself; also 2 rubbing spots in the bowl. These are to be expected from plates of this era. Otherwise structurally sound and rings well. A beautiful early Chinese export plate, super decoration and form. Hard to find today!

----------------------------------------- Note: I've seen the deer subject before, and sold a couple of earlier plates in the past. When I searched through my books & catalogues, it was hard to find. The top pic shown here is from David Howard's "The Choice of the Private Trader" showing a 1715 example, a fine book of the best of the early export ware. The bottom pic is from a private collection in Indonesia, and from the Ming Wan-li period. Deer is a homophone for wealth, a very desirable subject, though apparently fairly rare in export porcelain.



..............> 1700 s Chinese EXPORT Hexagonal Blue/White Plate w/ 2 Deer <...............

Note 2: Another reference and pic of this theme is found in Jeffrey Godden's "Oriental Export Market Porcelain & Its Influence on European Wares"; pub. Granada 1979. An oval BW platter of the same theme is shown in Plate 30, with an early border pre-dating Canton & Nanking (as is this listing here, though not identical). It was sold at Christie's 12/5/1766 for 1 pound 10 shillings for six.

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