A large pair of blue and white plates. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

A large pair of blue and white plates. Kangxi period (1662-1722) Of flat form with a slanting flag and a central domed medallion. Decorated in underglaze-blue, the centre with a literary scene, probably from the story ‘Jingshi Tongyan’, in which the ambassador of the Balhae Kingdom delivers a letter to the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, which in the end only the poet Li Bai is able to read. The scene is surrounded by the 'Flowers of the Four Seasons', on the rim ladies and scholars with disciples in garden landscapes. (2) Diameter 39.2 cm

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Ø 39,2 cm