Dish - Porcelain - Large charger end 18/19th

Large plate adorned with stylized peonies surrounded by their foliage on a “rice grain” background, Mijiazhen 米家针, symbolizing longevity, perseverance, and autumn.
This work of dense motifs, which resembles a net of tiny dots or cells enclosing the flowers, is characteristic of dense decorations called “spiral background” or “rice grain” backgrounds. It requires immense brush painting precision. This very dense and high-contrast blue-and-white decorating style originated in Jingdezhen, China, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1662–1722). Its remarkable condition is perceptible in the vivid cobalt blue, the glaze white that leans slightly toward bluish-gray in places, small firing blemishes, two tiny flaws, almost invisible.
On the reverse, a mark in Zhuanshu 篆书, probably a “praise mark” jishi ming 记事铭, praising the quality and finesse of execution of the ceramicist and the painter together.