Plate - Porcelain - Rare Kangxi 1662

Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Plate - Kangxi Period - Eggs-shell Quality

Technical description:
Exceptional Kangxi-era Chinese porcelain plate (1662-1722), Qing dynasty. This piece features a radiating pattern of flowered baskets and lotus-petal-shaped cartouches, executed in cobalt blue underglaze. The pigment exhibits a characteristic fusion effect of high-fire firings of this period, offering remarkable visual depth.

Notable characteristics:

Delicacy of the paste: The wall thickness measures 1.4 mm, classing this object in the rare category of fine-paste porcelains.

Translucency: The kaolin quality permits perfect translucency under light, revealing the purity of the internal structure.

Mass: The object has a feather-light weight of 265 grams for a diameter of 21 cm, confirming high-level technical mastery.

Sound: The tone is crystalline, pure, and prolonged, indicative of optimal vitrification.

Mark: The back bears the symbolic perfume-burner mark (Ding) inscribed within a double blue circle, an emblematic literati mark of Kangxi’s reign.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 21 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 265 g

Conservation state:
The plate shows an ancient restoration invisible on the front face of quality dating from the 19th century (re-gluing and retouching of paint under an organic varnish patinated by time). This restoration, now historic, testifies to the value attributed to the object by European collectors since the previous century. A hairline crack has been stabilized beneath this restoration.

Expert note:
The rarity of this object lies in the combination of its dimensions and its extreme fineness (1.4 mm). While Kangxi motifs are classic, such lightness on a 21 cm piece is a major distinguishing criterion for any collector of Qing dynasty ceramics.

Reserve: €300.00