TWO RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE `NARRATIVE` WARMING PLATES

Lot 3009
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 400 000
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Lot 3009 | TWO RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE 'NARRATIVE' WARMING PLATES
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HKD 400 000 – 600 000
TWO RARE INSCRIBED FAMILLE ROSE 'NARRATIVE' WARMING PLATES

QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Each hollow dish is heavily potted, decorated on the rim with scattered flowers and on the exterior with border of orchids, and have a small faceted spout projecting from one side opposite a similarly shaped handle. One is painted in the center with a warrior standing beside a sun rising from waves and enclosing a long inscription that identifies the figure as Qian Liu (852-913). The other is painted with two figures standing near to a book opened to a long inscription that identifies them as Zhang Liang (251 BC - 186 BC). Each inscription is followed by two seals, She Tang.

111/4 and 11 1/16 in. (28.6 and 28.1 cm.) diam.





Provenance

LaRue R. Lutkins, (1919-2011) Collection, Washington, D.C., acquired prior to 1958, by repute

Property from the estate of LaRue R. Lutkins, sold at Christie’s New York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1569
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