A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH

LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted on the interior with two intertwining prunus branches which extend from the reverse, one branch with white flowers with a greeny-yellow tinge, the other branch with flowers with a pink tinge, two large lingzhi sprays sprout from the base of one branch and are balanced by a flowering peony to the left, the reverse with an apocryphal six character Yongzheng mark, 52.8cm.

Provenance: from the estate of Mr Klaus Henrich, purchased in the 1970s.

Cf. Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, p.222 no.51 for the Yongzheng prototype of this dish.