QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS' DISHES
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each well potted, the interior medallion painted with bamboo sprays growing out of crevices of angular rocks between flowering prunus and a gnarled pine tree beside a lingzhi emerging from grasses, all within a double line border repeated on the everted rim, the exterior decorated with a lady seated on a terrace observing two boys at play in a garden beneath willow trees
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam., stand, box (2)

Lot Essay

The design on this dish is inspired by Ming prototypes, such as the Chenghua dish in The National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-hua Porcelain, Taipei, 1976, no. 15.

Similar Qianlong-marked dishes of this popular theme have been published. See S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1904, pl. XCV; and Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1918, no. 860. Another pair is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 79. See, also, the pair from the Doris Duke Collection sold in these rooms, 21 September 2004, lot 289.

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