19th century, a large charger elaborately hand painted, the center with a large vessel containing the auspicious "Three Friends of Winter" pine, plum and bamboo plants, the thick border with alternating shaped reserves populated with pairs of Chinese boys by a sea landscape and large floral blooms against an underglaze blue ground, pairs of lingzhi alternating with phoenixes to exterior sides, five spur marks to the underside.


2 1/2 in., 18 1/2 in. diameter

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Very good estate condition, two hairlines at the rim, small area of overglaze paint residue at underside of rim.