TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)

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A FINE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'MAGPIE' LEYS JAR, ZHADOU
TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
The compressed globular body rising from a low foot to a flared mouth, decorated in the famille rose palette with numerous black magpies in flight amidst flowering pink peach blossoms, all reserved on a yellow enamel ground beneath a gilt rim
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

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A Japanese private collection

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Lot Essay

Compare the famille rose-decorated yellow-ground 'magpie' dish illustrated by van Oort in Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, The Netherlands, 1977, p. 70, pl. 55; and an example sold at Christie's New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1472. For a discussion in this pattern, see footnote to the preceding lot.

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