Bidspirit auction | Chinese Imari Octagonal Plate

Chinese Imari Octagonal Plate - Chinese export porcelain Imari plate, Kangxi ca. 1720. Of octagonal form decorated with a mountainous riverscape. The rim with butterflies hovering among lotus sprays. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part III, ” 20 January 2004, Lot 52; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Diameter: 8 1/2 in. Condition: There are two small chips to the underside of the rim. One hairline crack extending inwards from the rim approx. 1.5 inches in length. Another hairline crack along the base of the plate near the center approx. 4 inches in length; there are four minute hairline cracks extending from this crack. Very little surface wear.