A blue and white deep porcelain dish


Late Qing dynasty, mark effacedOf ogee form, the concave cavetto covered in flower entangled Eight Immortals emblems surrounding the well displaying a peach and lotus roundel, the exterior sides covered in a densely and elaborately composed vine and lotus ground, the recessed base uniformly ground down to obscure a reign mark (chips). 8 1/8in (20.5cm) diameter
|Though ogee-form dishes of this type were found in several Qing periods, the composition of the medallion centering the well on the present lot seems to most resemble published examples with Xuantong (1908-1011) reign marks. See for example the doucai example offered at Christie's South Kensington sale 10418 of 11 November 2015 lot 700. The turbulent fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 could provide an interesting explanation as to why the underside was ground down.