Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plate with Flowering Plants and Insects, Kangxi Period, circa 1700–1720

A Chinese porcelain plate, painted in a vibrant underglaze blue with a flowering garden scene. The centre depicts a pierced scholar's rock surrounded by bamboo, flowering chrysanthemums and other plants, with small insects in flight.

The broad rim is decorated with flowering and fruiting branches, butterflies and scattered insects, enclosed by a narrow geometric trellis-pattern border and a brown-dressed edge.

An attractive example of late Kangxi blue and white porcelain, combining the traditional Chinese motifs of rocks, flowers and insects in a delicate, informal composition.

Date: Circa 1700–1720, Kangxi period (1662–1722).

22.3cm

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Condition: Restored break with minor fill at the seam. One filled chip to the end of this.