COUPELLE EN PORCELAINE DOUCAI

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE YONGZHENG (1723-1735)

Details

COUPELLE EN PORCELAINE DOUCAI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE YONGZHENG (1723-1735)
De forme circulaire, elle est ornée au centre d'un dragon à cinq griffes pourchassant la perle, son corps noueux entouré de nuages. L'aile est également rehaussée de nuages en forme de lingzhi et son revers agrémenté de flots tumultueux. La base porte la marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Yongzheng en bleu sous couverte.
Diamètre: 11,5 cm. (4½ in.)

Provenance

Private collection, France, acquired on the French art market in the early 1980s

Further details

A FINE DOUCAI 'DRAGON' SAUCER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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Lot Essay

Yongzheng dishes of this pattern are found in a variety of sizes, ranging from 11.5 cm. to over 17 cm. in diameter. Cf. a dish included in the exhibition, Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 45; and a pair included in the Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Anthology of Chinese Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1985, and illustrated in the Catalogue, pl. 175. Such dishes of varying sizes, were sold at Christie's Paris, 15 June 2004, lots 185 and 187.

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