China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Painted in underglaze blue, the show side with an encircled figural riverbank scene, surrounded by a border of radiating lappets enclosing repeated floral compositions. The backside with stylized floral sprays and a mark within a double circle.
Condition: With manufacturing flaws, the rim with small chips, two with associated hairlines, one repaired. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.