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

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TWO FAMILLE ROSE 'CHICKEN' DISHES
QIANLONG UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each dish is similarly decorated with a hen and a cockerel standing on rocks beneath a flower and plantain. The reverse is decorated with a continuous scene depicting two pairs of chickens, each with three chicks, all amongst similar plants.
The larger, 8? in. (20.7 cm.) diam.

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The decoration on these dishes is based on the famous doucai 'chicken' cups made during the Chenghua period (1465-1487), which were very accurately copied during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). See R. Scott, Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation, San Francisco, 1989, p. 73, no. 42, for the Chenghua version, and p. 75, no. 44, for the Kangxi version. The current dishes have taken the essential theme and adapted it in the famille rose or fencai palette.

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