A RARE PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FAN-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAYS

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONALD W. LONGSDORF

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A RARE PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FAN-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAYS
TONGZHI EARLY GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)

Each modelled in the shape of fan, raised on five low feet, decorated on the exterior sides with three butterflies in flight amidst peach blossoms, inscribed below the mouth rim in iron-red with Dayazhai and Tian Di Yi Jia Chun sealmarks, all reserved on rich blue-ground, the flat broad mouth rim with a blue enamel keyfret band, the interior applied with turquoise enamel, the base bearing the mark Yong Qing Chang Chun in iron-red
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across, boxes (2)

Literature

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager', Orientations, March 1992, p. 51, fig. 13

Exhibited

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager', Orientations, March 1992, p.51, fig. 13

Lot Essay

An identical tray enamelled with peach blossoms in Beijing Palace Museum collection is illustrated in Guanyang Yuci, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2007, p. 183 (fig. 1). According to the note accompanying the sketch, four pairs of light blue, light green and transparent white-ground trays of this shape and pattern were commissioned, see op. cit., p. 182, no. 41.

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