A BLUE AND WHITE 'BOY AND CARP' SAUCER DISH, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

A BLUE AND WHITE 'BOY AND CARP' SAUCER DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The saucer-shaped dish is finely decorated to the interior with a seated lady in a pavilion watching a young boy at play beside a lake with a leaping carp and a phoenix amongst bamboo. The exterior is painted with three similar carps above rolling waves. The base has an apocryphal Xuande mark.
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diam.

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALBERT AND LEONIE VAN DAALEN, SWITZERLAND