A FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS-VIEWING' LARGE DISH

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS-VIEWING' LARGE DISH
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Brightly enamelled and gilt to the centre with the emperor, empress and court ladies on a boat, surrounded by further ladies and attendants in smaller boats, all viewing the multitude of lotus blooms on a pond, within an elaborate band at the border of figural cartouches reserved on a seeded-green ground embellished with flowering branches
16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) diam.

Provenance

With Salomon Stodel, Amsterdam, 22 October 1977, purchased at the 29th Art and Antiques Fair, held at the Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, Holland.

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Lot Essay

This delightful scene depicts one of the popular summer entertainments at the Qing court, when the extensive array of lotus flowers growing in the palace ponds could be examined at close-quarters by the emperor and empress.

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