A large Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi period (1661-1722) the interior centre of the dish is decorated with a long tailed pheasant on a rock under a branch of flowers, with the arms of Pelgrans set in a band, in which formalized lotus flowers are separated by three panels of daisy branches; a conch shell with double circle mark to the base. Pelgrans Jacob Pelgrans 35.6 cm diameter. Provenance: Mossgreen Melbourne, 1/8/2016, lot 311. An important private collection, Sydney, Australia