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Lot Essay
This special composition with yellow bird perched on a wisteria vines is identical to the Dayazhai wares from the same period.
They were made for the Empress Cixi (1835-1908) who especially appreciated the wisteria blossoms, associated with spring.
Compare the current motif on a pale turquoise ground with two dishes sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 410.
See also a jar and cover with identical pattern illustrated in Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Porcelain - A Collector's Guide, Singapore 1983, p.45.
Several other pieces are illustrated in G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, London, 1987, p.112, pl.160-162.
They were made for the Empress Cixi (1835-1908) who especially appreciated the wisteria blossoms, associated with spring.
Compare the current motif on a pale turquoise ground with two dishes sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 410.
See also a jar and cover with identical pattern illustrated in Ho Wing Meng, Straits Chinese Porcelain - A Collector's Guide, Singapore 1983, p.45.
Several other pieces are illustrated in G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, London, 1987, p.112, pl.160-162.