YONGZHENG (1723-35)

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A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-BACK ARMORIAL SHALLOW SOUP-PLATE
Yongzheng (1723-35)
Finely and delicately enamelled with a central floral roundel of peony, rose, prunus and daisy from which radiate five shaped cartouches enclosing similar flower sprays, the uppermost with a coat-of-arms, crown and supporters, all reserved on a predominantly gilt ground with iron-red Y-pattern decoration, the underside enamelled with an even ruby-pink ground, two minute underside rim frits
87/8 in. (22.6 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of the City of Amsterdam. The delicate and fine enamelling, combined with the ruby-pink glaze on the reverse, is typical of the Yongzheng period, but is extremely rare on ceramics made so obviously for the export market. An identical plate is in the British Museum, illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Harrison-Hall, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics, 1994, no. 125; and another is in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics, Amsterdam, 1997, no. 376, p. 316, and by D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, London, 1974, fig. 269.

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