Chinese porcelain scalloped saucer-dish with a hunt scene, Kangxi.

Fine and rare Chinese porcelain scalloped saucer shaped dish decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a hunt scene showing two men on horses, a dog and a rabbit surrounded by a stylised floral band, on the underside single flowers with long stems and, at the centre, the six-character reign mark of Chenghua but c. 1720, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty d. 20 cm, 8 in. 1-16247

Illustrated: Yuan to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2016/2017, cat. 30.

Literature:

• British Museum: Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East, 1948 Catalogue, p. 90, cat 1135 for a similar plate;

• Chinese Porcelain: Periods of K’ang Hsi, Yung Chéng and Ch’ien Lung, by W.B. Honey, London 1927, plate 39a+b for similar piece;

• The Choice of the Private Trader, by D.S. Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p. 42, cat. 8 for a similar plate;

• Chineesche Ceramiek Handboek, by N. Ottema, 1946 Amsterdam, p. 192, cat. 213 and p. 193, cat. 214 for two similar saucer-dishes.

中國青花狩獵圖葵口碟，製作精美，式樣罕見，碟內繪有兩騎馬男士，一條狗和一隻兔子，碟沿一圈花卉紋，外壁飾以折枝花卉，底部中央落成化六字款，約1720年，清康熙，直徑20釐米，8英吋。

圖例：《元代至清代陶瓷》，作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯，2016/2017，目录 30。

參考文獻：

• 《大英博物館：遠東陶瓷手冊》，1948年圖錄，參見第90頁，編號1135相似盤子一件；

• 《康雍乾三朝中國瓷器》，作者W.B. Honey，倫敦1927年出版，參見圖版39a和b近器；

• 《私人貿易者的選擇》，作者D.S. Howard，明尼阿波利斯1994年出版，參見第42頁，編號8相似盤 子一件；

• 《中國陶瓷手冊》，作者N. Ottema，1946年阿姆斯特丹出版，見第192頁，編號213和第193頁， 編號214兩件相似的醬料碟。