YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Dishes with this pattern appear to have been made in two sizes, the present dish representing the larger type, and depict different scenes of ladies in the center. A dish from the Martin-Hurst Collection with a similar central scene to the present dish, of an unknown size, is illustrated by G.C. Williamson in The Book of Famille Rose, London, 1970, plate XLVII (center left). An example of the smaller 9-inch size with a different central scene, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 926.