The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
A blue and white 'ladies' basin
Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodFinely potted with deep rounded sides and foliate rim, the well painted with a lady riding a horse, accompanied by two attendants within a fenced garden setting, the cavetto and rim painted with eight radiating panels containing flower motifs and figures of elegant ladies divided by diaper-patterns. 34cm (13 3/8in) diam.
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清康熙 青花人物故事圖折沿盆青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: an Asian private collection來源:亞洲私人收藏Compare with a related blue and white basin, Kangxi, with motif of ladies and peonies, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum: Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, p.52, pl.10.