Lot 16
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A LARGE FINELY PAINTED YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE PEACHES' DISH
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A LARGE FINELY PAINTED YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE PEACHES' DISH

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE FINELY PAINTED YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE PEACHES' DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is finely painted in the Ming style with a central medallion containing nine large peaches on leafy branches rendered in vibrant shades of cobalt blue, set against a bright yellow ground. The exterior is similarly decorated with a leafy floral scroll.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Raufast Collection, France, amassed in the 19th century.
Sotheby's London, 7 November 2007, lot 404.
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Lot Essay

Published examples of dishes of similar size and decoration to the present lot include one in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, Kodansha Series, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 247; one in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 29; a pair of dishes from the T. Y. Chao Collection, illustrated in Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, Catalogue no. 45, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 March 1987, lot 316; another pair from the collection of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1245; and another pair from the Harry Nail and John Yeon Collections, sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 331.

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