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Lot Essay
The decoration on these dishes is based on Ming dynasty Chenghua prototypes. Compare with a Chenghua dish with the double-vajra on the interior from the British Museum, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 6:10.
Dishes of this design are normally of large size (larger than 15 cm. diam.), such as a Yongzheng example in the Nanjing Museum (17.6 cm. diam.), illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty – The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 173; and one illustrated by Liu Liangyou (25.8 cm. diam.), recorded in Ch’ing Official And Popular Wares- A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Vol.5, Taipei, 1991, p.92. The present pair, of delicate small size, is considerably rarer and exceptionally well painted.
Dishes of this design are normally of large size (larger than 15 cm. diam.), such as a Yongzheng example in the Nanjing Museum (17.6 cm. diam.), illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty – The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 173; and one illustrated by Liu Liangyou (25.8 cm. diam.), recorded in Ch’ing Official And Popular Wares- A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, Vol.5, Taipei, 1991, p.92. The present pair, of delicate small size, is considerably rarer and exceptionally well painted.