A rare Chinese blue and white 'figural' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 'BEVERE' mark
清康熙 青花人物故事圖盤 青花《BEVERE》款

Painted to the centre with literary scene depicting a man sat on a stool as two ladies enter the room, the rim with a quartet of panels enclosing figural scenes against diaper grounds, the base with the name 'BEVERE' inscribed within a double circle

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Dimensions: 26.8cm diameter

From a North London house clearance

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北倫敦住宅遺產清理所得

A dish is illustrated in 'The Porcelains of Jingdezhen Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No. 16', University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1993, specifically in the work titled 'Chinese Porcelain for the Dutch in the Seventeenth Century: Trading Networks and Private Enterprise' by Christiaan J.A. Jörg, on p. 200, pl. 12, the dish in question being part of the collection of the Peabody and Essex Museum. Here the name 'Bevere' is ascribed to Gerard de Bevere. The author writes '...plates ordered by Gerard de Bevere, a member of the Court of Justice in Batavia from 1684. They are the only examples now known with the name of their owner written in full on the back. I think these may have been among the first orders sent to China for such commande wares, before the fashion for having coats of arms painted on the upper side took over.'

Two dishes from the Kangxi period, both inscribed 'BEVERE' to the base, are in the British Museum, no. Franks.368.+ [link].

A dish, described with a similar scene, rim decorations, and the base inscribed 'BEVERE', is listed by the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 'Catalogue of blue and white oriental porcelain exhibited in 1895', London, 1895, p. 28, pl. 219. The catalogue suggests that it was 'probably the name of some Dutch family for whom it was made', therefore this dish appears to be from the same order.