Lot 285
285
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH
PROPERTY FROM A DESCENDANT OF THE LATE ANTON PHILIPS (285-287)
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH

YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG PERIODS, CIRCA 1730-1740

Details
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH
YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG PERIODS, CIRCA 1730-1740
Brightly and boldly enamelled and gilt with a pair of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond, the border with the Eight Daoist Immortals divided by rocks amongst crashing waves
13¾ in. (35 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anton Philips Collection, Waalre, bought in the 1930s-'50s.
Thence by decent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The combination of mandarin ducks and lotus, seen on the current dish, is especially auspicious. One word for lotus in Chinese, he, is a homophone for the word for harmony, while another word for lotus, lian, is homophonous to a word meaning successive. Thus, combined with a pair of mandarin ducks, which symbolize fidelity, they form an appropriate wedding motif wishing the couple a harmonious marriage blessed by the birth of many illustrious sons.

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