Lot 851. A blue and white molded dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The center of the interior is decorated with a scholar accompanied by his attendant standing beside a crane beneath a towering pine tree. The well is decorated with petal-form panels enclosing precious objects beneath shaped panels enclosing double peaches. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 10 1/8 in. (27.1 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