Plate with Hunting Scene

Qing Dynasty

A blue and white porcelain plate decorated with a hunting scene (Chinese, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911). The hunting scene depicts two men on horseback hunting small animals with a bow and arrow in a rocky landscape. The rim of the plate outside of this scene is decorated with a stylized flower and vine pattern. On the reverse the rim is decorated with flower stalks and the center is marked with an apocryphal Ming dynasty Chenghua mark (1465-87). It is not uncommon to find 15th-century Ming dynasty reign marks on Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain, these apocryphal reign marks were copied by Chinese artisans out of respect for these earlier periods.

Chinese

glazed porcelain

9" diameter

PSNC.6517