18th Century Chinese Blue & White Hundred Antiquities Object Porcelain Plate 12"

A large 18th century Chinese blue and white plate featuring auspicious objects in the centre and a border featuring flowers, bats, and fish.

The objects which appear on this dish represent some of the ‘hundred antiquities’; a collection of items combining scholarly objects with auspicious Buddhist emblems. The motif became popular in ceramic and textile design from the beginning of the Kangxi period due to its connotations with the good qualities of the gentleman collector emphasised by the Kangxi Emperor.

Diameter: 30.5 cm / 12" - Height: 3.5 cm

In good overall condition with small crack and one nibble to the rim (final two photos)