Lot Essay
For a famille rose jar painted with a similar scene of a woman seated at a scholar's table, see the illustrated Catalogue of Old Oriental Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, no. 326
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A FAMILLE ROSE DISH
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A FAMILLE ROSE DISH
YONGZHENG
With deep, rounded sides rising from a wedge-shaped foot, the interior well painted with a woman seated at a marble-topped table, holding a brush in one hand, her other hand placed atop a length of paper, with a female attendant standing behind her and a young boy standing on a box while he leans on the end of the table--15 1/8in. (38.4cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG
With deep, rounded sides rising from a wedge-shaped foot, the interior well painted with a woman seated at a marble-topped table, holding a brush in one hand, her other hand placed atop a length of paper, with a female attendant standing behind her and a young boy standing on a box while he leans on the end of the table--15 1/8in. (38.4cm.) diam.