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PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
A RARE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘PEACH’ DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A RARE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘PEACH’ DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The well-potted dish is decorated to the centre of the interior with a large peach depicting the characters Wan Shou Wu Jiang, which can be translated as ‘long life without end'. The exterior is covered in a rich ruby-pink enamel.
10 1⁄4 in. (26.5 cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The well-potted dish is decorated to the centre of the interior with a large peach depicting the characters Wan Shou Wu Jiang, which can be translated as ‘long life without end'. The exterior is covered in a rich ruby-pink enamel.
10 1⁄4 in. (26.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s London, 14 July 1980, lot 242
Offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 914
Offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 914
Literature
Anthony du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese ceramics, Oxford, 1984, p. 236, fig. 1
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