Lot 142 , A Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi period (1662-1722), 37.5 cm diameter, slight damage

A Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi period (1662-1722),
finely painted with a farmstead scene including boys ushering chickens, a mother and child watching farmers gathering crop in a field, with a river landscape beyond, within panelled borders of birds or butterflies amid flowers and brocaded bands, the underside with underglaze blue double circle mark enclosing a seal mark,
37.5 cm diameter, slight damage
£400-600

Condition:
Chip to rim, approx. 5 x 3mm. along with a series of very minor frits around rim; hairline crack inward from rim, approx. 4cm., only visible at underside; considerable wear to centre of plate although not easily seen.

Sold for £4,200