A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE 'PEONY' SAUCER DISH

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE 'PEONY' SAUCER DISH

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Incised to the centre with a peony bloom growing from a leafy branch, decorated in a creamy white glaze, raised on a short foot, the base with a paper label for Marchant 2014 Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, no.107, 24.3cm.

Provenance: from a French private collection.

Exhibited: Marchant, Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 30th October-21st November 2014, no.107.

Cf. S Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 3rd-24th June 1994, p.74, no.118 for a comparable dish from the collection of Dr Carew-Shaw; see also R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, pp.292-293, no.979 for a pair of smaller related dishes.