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QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE PEACHES' DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is painted to the centre with nine peaches borne on a gnarled, leafy branch. The exterior is painted with a continuous leafy meander of morning glory within double line borders.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam.
Dishes of this size and pattern, also with Qianlong seal marks, are more usually seen with a yellow enamelled ground, such as the example in the Percival David Foundation illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 247. See, also, the dish sold in these rooms, 11 May 2015, lot 16.
A similar blue and white dish, without the yellow enamel, is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 96. An almost identical Ming-style blue and white ‘peach’ dish offered at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2010, lot. 1373.
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is painted to the centre with nine peaches borne on a gnarled, leafy branch. The exterior is painted with a continuous leafy meander of morning glory within double line borders.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam.
Dishes of this size and pattern, also with Qianlong seal marks, are more usually seen with a yellow enamelled ground, such as the example in the Percival David Foundation illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 247. See, also, the dish sold in these rooms, 11 May 2015, lot 16.
A similar blue and white dish, without the yellow enamel, is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 96. An almost identical Ming-style blue and white ‘peach’ dish offered at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2010, lot. 1373.
Provenance
Collection of Francis Golding (1944-2013).
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