Lot 862. A blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The dish is decorated on the interior with two ladies in a garden setting. The wide, everted rim is decorated with a hare leaping amidst rocks and pine trees. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.

Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923 (Rogers Fund). 

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza