49. 

PLATE .       25 cm.

Very finely modelled in the shape of flower :   chrysantemum , with a very dense " dentelle" border .   Painted in  FAMILLE  VERTE  " semi- chinese taste " ,  illustrating a pheasant sitting on a rockwork, eyeing another pheasant  in flight ; all in a natural scene with flowering bamboo and peony  branches .

Period  :         KANGXI  :        1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:  " Ceramics from the G.Reitlinger Collection ", catal. Ashmolean
               Museum ,   n° 1987 .
             " 2000 Years of Chinese Porcelain ",  R. Marhcant , 1989 , n° 55.

Very rare  dish,  perfect  condition .