A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ALTAR TAZZA AND FRUIT OFFERINGS

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ALTAR TAZZA AND FRUIT OFFERINGS
GILT QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each tall stem-dish is decorated with multi-coloured lotus sprays on a turquoise ground, divided by dragon-form flanges detailed in gilt on an iron-red ground, the dish and faux-bois base similarly adorned with flower sprays, a detachable cluster of four naturalistically moulded peaches and another of four pomegranates sit within each dish (dish restuck, flanges restored, nick to one foot rim)
Tazza 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm.) high; peaches, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; pomegranates, 3 1/8 in. (8.3 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Previously sold in these Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 50.

Compare the related bell container with similar flanges and simulated wooden stand and the hatstand from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 426, pl. 108 and p. 428, pl. 110.

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