A Group of Seven Chinese Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Plates with Flower Baskets

Kangxi period (1662-1722), porcelain hand-painted in underglaze blue, each a unique composition of a flower basket filled with lush blooms, arched handles with ribbon above, four of the plates with blue ground borders, unmarked except for one with a lingzhi motif within double blue circles, and three with a different style floral border, each marked to the underside with a seal within a double blue circles.


Each approximately 8 5/8 in. diameter

From the collection of Alice Sophie Everts (von Groening) (1890-1990) and husband Dirk Everts (1890-1928), and by family descent
Acquired in the 1920s by Dirk Everts while in the service of the Dutch government in Hong Kong. The collection was subsequently brought to the Netherlands, where it remained in the Everts family and survived the years of Nazi occupation. Thence by family descent.

One with small chip and hairline to rim and kiln grit visible to center; one with nick to rim at underside; and two others with hairline to rims; several with fritting to rims.