Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plate

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain PlateA hand painted blue and white porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt. The face is divided into radiating panels around a central floral roundel, alternating figures in robes, birds, flowering plants and geometric diaper borders, framed by a basketweave rim. The reverse carries scattered floral sprigs and a simple painted mark within a double ring at the base. Made in China in the later half of the 20th century, in the Kangxi revival export

and each plate was then finished by hand in watercolour

sculptural lines with that classic New Zealand studio-pottery feel – lovely for a low floral arrangement

framed in an oval gilded wooden frame

means fierce ovens in te Reo Māori

Honey-toned finish typical of mid-century production

It has a wide flared mouth and rests on a low

The glaze carries a soft

restrained

Dimensions: 4

possibly early Temuka pottery

Signed with the maker's initials MR and dated 10-4-12 to the base

and the soft matte glaze suits the subject perfectly