Lot 869. A blue and white deep dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The interior is decorated with a central roundel of a long-tailed bird perched on a rock formation amidst blossoming trees within a key-fret border. The well and everted rim are both molded and fluted and decorated with shaped petals enclosing blossoming branches. 13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) diam..

Provenance: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.

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