CIRCA 1640

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL TRANSITIONAL DOUCAI DISHES
Circa 1640
Each painted and enamelled with a central hydrangea spray surrounded by azalea, camellia, peony and chrysanthemum sprays reserved on a latticework ground of emanating iron-red petals, the reverse similarly decorated with flower sprays, short hairline crack, minor frit-chips
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

7th Earl Castle-Stewart, who in 1920 married Eleanor, daughter of Solomon R Guggenheim of New York, and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

A related dish of similar date and with the unusual iron-red latticework background is illustrated in colour by Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, p.25. Compare also the two dishes with a similar iron-red ground from the Peony Pavilion Collection, sold in these Rooms, 12 June 1989, lots 313 and 314.

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