Chinese Porcelain Plate Blue White Gilt Clobbered Flower Border Qing Kangxi 18C

Chinese Porcelain Plate Blue White Gilt Clobbered Flower Border Qing Kangxi 18C

ITEM DETAILS

Inventory Code: INV5447

Object: Plate

Material: Porcelain

Origin: China, with later English decoration attributed to London

Period: Qing Dynasty, Kangxi; later Regency clobbering

Date: Early 18th Century, with early 19th-century decoration

Decoration: Underglaze Blue, Polychrome Enamels, Flowers, Dragon and Gilding

Mark: Later iron-red pseudo-Chinese mark added during clobbering

MEASUREMENTS

Diameter: 10.83 in / 27.5 cm

Height: 1.18 in / 3.0 cm

CONDITION

FAIR/RESTORED (2/5) – Broken and glued with multiple visible fracture lines across the body and border, with yellowed adhesive particularly apparent on the reverse. Chipped rim with a hairline crack, small losses around the foot rim, and wear to the enamels and gilding. Please review the photos carefully for more details.

DESCRIPTION

Chinese Kangxi porcelain plate originally decorated in underglaze blue and white, later enriched with vivid polychrome enamels and gilding attributed to London during the Regency period. The central garden design features flowering peony, bamboo, rockwork and a fence, with a green dragon extending across the upper border into the well. The broad green-ground border contains floral reserves and scattered blossoms, framed by iron-red bands and a gilt rim. The reverse bears iron-red floral sprays and a later pseudo-Chinese mark added as part of the clobbered decoration.

COLLECTOR’S NOTE

The original blue-and-white decoration remains visible beneath the later coloured enamels, allowing both stages of decoration to be appreciated. The pseudo-Chinese mark belongs to the later decorative scheme and is not an original Kangxi reign mark.

NOTES

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