ID 960135
Lot 2846 | A PAINTED ENAMEL RUBY-BACK DISH
Estimate value
HKD 100 000 – 150 000
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is decorated on the interior with a seated lady looking into a bronze mirror beside two boys at play, all within a diaper band on the cavetto. The everted rim is decorated with shaped panels enclosing flower sprays alternating with archaistic dragons, all reserved against an aubergine diaper ground.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Mallett, London, January 1926, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 2
Literature
The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ch'ing Dynasty, London, 1964, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
Exhibited
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ch'ing Dynasty, 26 May – 2 July 1964, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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