A blue and white 'lotus' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Decorated in vibrant underglaze blue with a lotus pattern. Diameter 38.5 cm.

Rimcrack, fritting to rim.

Provenance

From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).

Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.

The images depicted in the catalogue is from their home at Särö.

Label to reverse Story & Co, Kensington, London.

Exhibitions

Compare; a similar dish at Sotheby’s: Asian Art Featuring Chinese Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Florence and Herbert Irving Gift. Lot 1744.

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