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A LARGE VIBRANT BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACOCK’ DISH See three large blue and white ‘peacock’ chargers (21 3/4in diam) with
Kangxi similar peacock borders but more formalized central roundels sold in
Meticulously and densely painted in vibrant cobalt tones with a our New York rooms, 24 January 2023, Cohen & Cohen: 50 Years of
central roundel with two pheasants on rockwork beneath blossoming Chinese Export Porcelain, lot 125, and were also published in Cohen &
peony, prunus, and magnolia trees and two smaller birds soaring Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Ghent, 2014, pp.28-29, no.21.
above, all within a floral band at the cavetto, the wide everted rim
with four peacocks roaming across a scrolling floral ground divided These elaborate, high-quality chargers are fine examples of pieces
by four shaped cartouches alternately enclosing clusters of peaches that were popular for displays in the late 17th and early 18th centuries,
or pomegranates, the reverse with six equally-spaced beribboned often in special rooms called ‘porcelain cabinets’.
bajixiang, the base with a flowering prunus branch within a double
circle. While produced at the height of the production of blue and white in
15 1/2in (39.4cm) diam the early 18th century, interest in this ware was renewed in the 19th
century. One of the most famous displays of such collections was the
$4,000 - 6,000 Peacock Room in the London home of Frederick R. Leland (1831-
1892), which was later purchased by Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
清康熙 青花錦地開光花鳥圖盤 and is now installed at the Freer Gallery, National Museum of Asian Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
In China, the peacock is a symbol of beauty
Provenance: and dignity, and, in the Qing dynasty, the tail
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York feathers were used to show official rank.
Purchase by subscription, 1879
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present

來源：
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
會費購藏，1879 年
大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今
Detail: see p.16 (Q)
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