Rare Large Chinese 16th/17th Century Blue & White Porcelain Charger painted with hanging Grapes on a Middle Eastern Platter with 8 Auspicious Symbols to edge border between blue flowers, the recessed base unglazed with a collector's mark in Arabic lightly incised into the bottom. Diameter 17 3/8 inches (44 cm.).

Age related wear, a dusting of kiln grit to inside center; the outside edge with a few small repaired flakes or short hairlines, now with some infill and professional over-painting. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.