A PURPLE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE INGOT-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAY

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONALD W. LONGSDORF

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A PURPLE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE INGOT-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAY
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)

Of ingot-shaped cross-section, supported on six tapered feet, decorated on the exterior with bright enamels depicting three bees in flight amidst stems of mallow and chrysanthemum, inscribed below the mouth rim with the characters, Dayazhai, beside the Tian Di Yi Jia Chun iron-red sealmark, all reserved on a rich purple-ground, the flat broad mouth rim with a blue enamel keyfret band, the interior applied evenly with turquoise enamel, the base bearing the characters, Yong Qing Chang Chun in iron-red
8 3/8 in. (21.4 cm.) across, box

Lot Essay

The original line drawing of this shape, illustrated above a sketch of the same pattern, is published in Guanyang Yuci, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2007, p.186-187, no. 43 (fig. 1). According to the note accompanying the sketch, four pairs of purple-ground and four pairs of pink-ground trays of this shape and pattern were commissioned.

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