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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE CIRCULAR DISH
CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE CIRCULAR DISH
CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Cast in imitation of carved lacquer dishes, the interior with a design of two birds perched on blossoming prunus and camellia branches on a diaper ground, with a band of xiangcao scroll on the exterior, the base cast with a four-character inscription reading chang yi zi sun, which may be translated as "longevity and blessings to the offspring"
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam., cloth box
CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Cast in imitation of carved lacquer dishes, the interior with a design of two birds perched on blossoming prunus and camellia branches on a diaper ground, with a band of xiangcao scroll on the exterior, the base cast with a four-character inscription reading chang yi zi sun, which may be translated as "longevity and blessings to the offspring"
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, 2007.
The Irving Collection, no. 3891.
The Irving Collection, no. 3891.
Literature
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, 2006, p. 24, no. 20.
Exhibited
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, November 2006.
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