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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘PARROT’ BOXES AND COVERS
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Details
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘PARROT’ BOXES AND COVERS
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The boxes are decorated in mirror image with a parrot perched on a bamboo stalk growing beside a chrysanthemum stem bearing yellow, pink and blue blossoms. The sides of the cover and box are covered in a peach-coloured enamel glaze decorated with gilt foliate medallions, and with gilt key-fret bands at the rims. The bases are inscribed with four-character fushou ruyi marks ‘May you have a long life with all wishes come true’ in iron-red within double squares.
9 1⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The boxes are decorated in mirror image with a parrot perched on a bamboo stalk growing beside a chrysanthemum stem bearing yellow, pink and blue blossoms. The sides of the cover and box are covered in a peach-coloured enamel glaze decorated with gilt foliate medallions, and with gilt key-fret bands at the rims. The bases are inscribed with four-character fushou ruyi marks ‘May you have a long life with all wishes come true’ in iron-red within double squares.
9 1⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The private collection of a Philadelphia Family, sold at Christie’s New York, 1-2 December 1994, lot 458
Sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 2281
Sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 2281
Brought to you by
Marco Almeida (安偉達)
SVP, Senior International Specialist, Head of Department & Head of Private Sales