A blue and white dish, Early Kangxi period, circa 1670. Estimate $5,000 – $7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish is decorated in the interior in the 'Master of the Rocks' style with a mountainous river landscape, with a small sage and two attendants in the foreground, below a pine and bamboo band encircling the rim. The reverse is decorated with three branches and the base bears an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) diam. Lot 3575

Provenance: Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1986.
Collection of Julia and John Curtis.

Christie's. AN ERA OF INSPIRATION: 17TH-CENTURY CHINESE PORCELAINS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS, 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.