Qing ceramics: Porcelain plate, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

With a design of scattered flowers. Underglaze decoration in cobalt blue with enamel colours over the glaze and also dry 'iron red' which had to be baked separately in a less hot kiln. An example of the classical age of porcelain. On the base there is a reign mark of Kangxi enclosed in a double ring. -- d: 8" (Museum of Far Eastern Art, Cologne)