YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE LARGE ROSE-VERTE DISH
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is elaborately enamelled with a leaf-shaped cartouche in the centre depicting a colourful garden scene with female figures and boys engaging in leisurely activities, reserved against a red ground adorned with lotuses and cranes on dense scrolls painted in gold. The wide flaring rim is ornately decorated with further cartouches enclosing composite flowers and butterflies, and three dragon medallions in turquoise, all against a blue ground with gold scrolls. The exterior is delicately detailed with bamboo in blue enamel.
16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 205

Literature

The Tectus Collection: Chinese Ceramics, Boras, 1991, p. 250, no. 105

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Lot Essay

Compare with a smaller dish decorated in a similar palette depicting a seated lady in a leaf-shaped panel, attributed to the early 18th century, in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, now housed in the British Museum, illustrated by Lady David, Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Enamelled Ware, 1973, p. 32, no. A811, and by R. Scott, llustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1991.

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