A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY Painted with Magu emptying flowers from a basket

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH

LATE QING DYNASTY

Painted with Magu emptying flowers from a basket, standing amidst colourful cloud scrolls and flanked by cranes, the underside with two scaly dragons, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, 47cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.