A large famille noire enmeled porcelain charger - 19th Century

Its wide curving well depicting a Daoist immortal riding on a raft toward three celestial beauties in a pavilion rising out of floating clouds and mountain tops painted in rich colors against the glossy black ground, the canted rim featuring reserves of auspicious objects set against a band of blossoming branches and the black ground of the exterior walls relieved by classic lotus flower and leaf scrolls, the recessed base bearing a six-character Ming Chenghua mark in underglaze blue regular script inscribed within a double ring.
20 1/8in (51cm) diameter - Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 - Unsold.

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 18 Dec 2007. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, California