PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NELSON KLINE, NEW YORK
A FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-BACK SOUP PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
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A FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-BACK SOUP PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is finely decorated with two cockerels perched on top of a blue rock formation in a peony garden with an insect flying nearby, the rim with three gilt floral cartouches enclosing plum blossoms and fruit, all reserved on a pale pink diaper ground.
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam.
For what appears to be an identical example from the Martin-Hurst Collection see G.C. Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, pl. XXXI (lower right).
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