Bidspirit auction | Very Large Chinese Imari Charger

Very Large Chinese Imari Charger - Very large Chinese export porcelain Imari dish or charger, Kangxi ca. 1710. Of octagonal form decorated with a sepia pine tree in the center with a wide cobalt blue ground border with scrolling vines and Japanese style cloud-shaped panels of flowering plants, a Buddhist lion or foo dog, and one of three cranes. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part II, ” 22 January 2003, Lot 206; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. This dish was possibly intended for the Corbel or Corbet family of France, whose coat of arms showed three crows (corbeau). Visible under the central gilt roundel is the underglaze blue portion of the Corbel coat. Diameter: 17 3/4 in. Condition: A few light frits to the rim. No cracks or restorations. Metal hanging frame attached.