Kangxi Blue and White Export Ware Saucers with Decoration

Two “magpie” blue and white saucers. Both are exquisitely decorated with three layers of patterns, including butterflies, magpies, and prunus blossoms. The centres of both interiors are decorated with magpies and plum trees, symbolising the arrival of happiness in Chinese culture. Both undersides are marked with floral patterns within double rings.

Both are 2 cms tall and 11.5 cms wide.

Date: Late 17th century AD
Period: Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Provenance: From the 'Blue Chrysanthemum Wreck'; lost in the South China sea, recovered 2014.
Condition: Fine condition. Some chipping and light abrasions, dulling of glazed surfaces due to seawater exposure.
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The samples recovered from the shipwrecked cargo are exclusively Chinese ceramics, in the main blue and white porcelain, and all assessed by experts to be excellent examples of Kangxi pottery. Their quality indicates that they were manufactured in the famous porcelain centre of Jingdezhen, in the Jiangxi Province. Jingdezhen kilns have made porcelain over two millennia, beginning in the Han Dynasty period. Blue and white porcelain was the most famous product of Jingdezhen, and reached the height of its technical excellence in the early Qing Dynasty. The distinctive, high quality cobalt blue colouring of the Kangxi period is referred to as ‘gem blue’ or ‘kingfisher blue’, and is purer and brighter than that of Ming Dynasty wares.

Weight 76 g
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