A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED RIM DISHES
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
7000000HKD HKD 7 000 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 963364
Lot 3032 | A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED RIM DISHES
Estimate value
HKD 7 000 000 – 9 000 000
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each dish is intricately enamelled in shades of blue, red, pink, yellow and green with a facetted geometric 'jewel' in the centre, surrounded by alternating lotus blooms and bats borne on scrolling tendrils, below a band of pendent leaves and florettes at the rim, all against a bright yellow ground. The wide everted rim of each dish is pierced with a band of perforations joined by gilt cords, between borders of trefoils and florettes. The turquoise-enamelled bases are inscribed with the reign marks in iron red.
15 1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Samuel C. Davis (1871-1940), then to his granddaughter Alita Davis (with label on the dish), and thence by descent within the family
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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