Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 40
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted on the interior...
Estimate £7,000 - £9,000 | Hammer £20000
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Description
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.