PROPERTY FROM A NORTH-AMERICAN CHINESE FAMILY COLLECTION, FORMED DURING THE LATE QING DYNASTY

A SET OF TEN ANHUA-DECORATED WHITE-GLAZED DISHES

QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A SET OF TEN ANHUA-DECORATED WHITE-GLAZED DISHES
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, incised under the glaze on the exterior with a continuous pattern of overlapping waves
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) diam. (10)

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners, Whampoa, Guangdong, circa 1890-1911, thence by descent within the family.

Further details

See illustration of five

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical Qianlong-marked dish, of the same size, excavated in 1996 from a hoard at Shouchun town, Shouxian, is preserved in the Shouxian Museum, and illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China: Anhui, Beijing, 2007, no. 232.

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