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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
TWO FAMILLE ROSE MOLDED DISHES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The first dish is decorated with a central chrysanthemum-form roundel enclosing an applied prunus branch, surrounded by prunus branches below the bracket-lobed rim, and with further prunus branches and song birds on the reverse. The second is molded as a chrysanthemum flower and decorated in the interior with blossoming branches, the reverse covered in a pink enamel and applied with a gilt scrolling grapevine that forms the foot.
First dish 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam., second dish 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diam.
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The first dish is decorated with a central chrysanthemum-form roundel enclosing an applied prunus branch, surrounded by prunus branches below the bracket-lobed rim, and with further prunus branches and song birds on the reverse. The second is molded as a chrysanthemum flower and decorated in the interior with blossoming branches, the reverse covered in a pink enamel and applied with a gilt scrolling grapevine that forms the foot.
First dish 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam., second dish 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, Head of Private sales, Chinese Works of Art, New York