A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' CHARGER MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI |

with gently rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly flared rim, vibrantly and densely painted to the interior in rich cobalt-blue tones with nine blooming lotus borne on meandering leafy scrolls, the exterior similarly painted with eight further lotus flowers, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle encircled by a raised circular rib

Acquired at Hancocks & Co., London, prior to World War II.
An English private collection.

The charger is in good overall condition. There is minor areas of fritting to the rim, some lightly polished, and light scratching to the interior.
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A similar example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Chen Runmin, ed., Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain of the Shunzhi and Kangxi periods], Beijing, 2005, pl. 79; and another was included in the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-ch eng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 3.