QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILDING WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER 'PHOENIX' DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILDING WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow sides flaring from a short straight foot, the center with a phoenix in flight amidst scrolling peony blossoms, the interior and exterior with four ruyi head-shaped cartouches containing a lotus spray flanked by bats, the foot with a decorative band, the base in dark brown lacquer
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Bill and Mary Palmer Collection, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical gilt-decorated red lacquer dish in the Qing court collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 158, no. 115. (Fig. 1)

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