Blue and White Charger, China, 19th century, shallow dish form with conical sides, resting on a raised bisque foot ring, the interior decorated with scholar's accoutrements in a four-lobed roundel encircled with a band of plum blossoms against a "cracked ice" ground, the exterior with three bamboo branches, ht. 2 1/4, dia. 18 1/4 in.
Estimate $700-900

numerous firing flaws with open bumps, clay impurities, and pockmarks, kiln debris on base.


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