A large Finely Painted gilt- and iron-red decorated charger Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

of shallow circular form with a broad flaring rim, the center depicting a lady seated in a palanquin with her attendant holding a tray bearing a wine ewer and cups, bidding farewell to a scholar on horseback and to his acolyte, towering hills in the distance and rockwork in the foreground, the cavetto with a band of flowerheads reserved against a diaper ground, the wide rim encircled by a wide border of cartouches enclosing lively scenes of scholars and ladies reserved on a chrysanthemum and lotus ground, painted in vibrant iron-red, black, pale green enamel and gilt highlights

Sotheby's New York, 21st March 1980, lot 340.
Thereafter with the present owners.

In overall good condition with very minor wear to the iron-red and gilding. The pale green enamel has flecks of tiny kiln grit. A 3/4 inch long section of the rim with tiny glaze cracks. Minor surface abrasions and very minor kiln grit to the foot.
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Compare a slightly later famille-rose dish painted with a version of the central scene and similarly decorated paneled rim sold at Christie's London, 1st-2nd March 1976, lot 66; and another from the collection of H. M. Knight, sold in our London rooms, 12th May 1970, lot 123.

For examples of dishes painted with figures and paneled borders in iron-red and gilt, see a set of six sold at Christie's Monaco, 18-19th June 1988, lot 1513; and a set of five sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 22nd-23rd October 1987, lot 246.