Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 58
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE JIANG GLAZED DISHES SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95...
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £18000
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Description
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE JIANG GLAZED DISHES
SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95
Each with a gently flaring body rising to a barbed rim, the reverse with a twin raised band, all decorated with an even warm brown glaze, the bases white, with underglaze blue marks, circular paper labels for Bluett & Sons, London, 20.3cm. (2)
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 8th March 1966, lot 139, and then the collection of James Haydock Esq. and thence by descent, purchased from Bluett & Sons, London, 18th April 1966 for £85, a copy of the original invoice is available.
Cf. R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, no.1816 a for similar example, also see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7th April 2011, lot 33 for another single dish.