China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Painted in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gold on the show side with a butterfly and a cricket among blossoming prunus, chrysanthemum, and other flowers, all within a double circle. The rims with a scrolling foliage border and the backside showing two stylized floral sprays.
Condition: With small chips to rims and two hairlines as well as wear to enamels, otherwise good condition. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by second generation members of the Holzapfel family after 1970 and has remained in the family ever since.