A Pair of Famille Verte Decagonal Dishes

Decorated with a butterfly in flight above flowering peony

Within a border of prunus and peony

Kangxi c1700

Diameter: 8 3/4″ (22.6 cm)

Condition: first dish with some fritting

Both dishes with a single drill hole in foot and one dish with an associated flake restored

Provenance: Exhibited in “Ching Polychrome Porcelain”

The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong 1977, N0.21

From the collection of Brian McElney

S Marchant and Son

Purchased in 1965 for £120