A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LONG ELIZA’ BARBED-RIM DISH, KANGXI PERIOD China, 1662-1722. The lobed shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to an everted barbed rim. Neatly painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing two ladies in a terrace garden with a censer atop an incense stand, with a large scholar’s rock in the background, encircled by an elaborate band of ribboned lotus blossoms and scrolling vines, and to the exterior with a floral spray within each lobe.

Provenance: Old Swedish private collection, thence by descent. Old collector’s label to base, ‘100’.
Condition: Good condition with minor old wear and firing flaws, including pitting, small firing cracks, and dark spots, the rim with fritting and small chips.

Weight: 262.3 g
Dimensions: Diameter 20.8 cm

The recessed base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue six-character mark da Ming Chenghua nianzhi.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a small ‘Long Eliza’ bowl of 15 cm, also with a Chenghua mark, at Christie’s on December 14, 2011, lot 504, sold for EUR 5,000.

康熙時期青花仕女葵口盤
中國，1662-1722年。此盤十六瓣葵口，淺弧壁，圈足，內外青花裝飾。盤内中央園中侍女圖，邊沿上繪束蓮紋。盤外壁十六瓣内各飾花卉紋。圈足内雙圈寄托款“大明成化年製”。

來源：瑞典私人老收藏，保存至今。圈足内收藏標籤“100”。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微的舊時磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括點蝕、小燒製裂紋和黑點，邊緣有熔塊和小磕損。

重量：262.3 克
尺寸：直徑20.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件直徑爲15 厘米的侍女紋碗，同樣有成化款，見佳士得2011年12月14日lot 504, 售價EUR 5,000。