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A fine famille rose 'Dayazhai' Chinese yellow-ground…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
31-Aug-2017
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Description:
A fine famille rose 'Dayazhai' Chinese yellow-ground Grisaille-decorated dish, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Guangxu period (1875-1908), the shallow rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the interior decorated in grisaille with two bees above flowering peony, with an inscription in iron red, Dayazhai and a seal, Tiandi yijia chun (Springtime in heaven and earth, one Family), all reserved on the yellow enamel ground, the exterior painted with enamels on a white ground with stylized scrolling lotus, the base with the iron-red four-character mark, long qing chang chun ('Eternal Prosperity and Enduring spring'). 26 cm diameter, with fitted silk box. Provenance: Purchased Connor Galleries, in October 1999, Literature, Ronald Longsdorf, Dayazhai ware: porcelain of the Empress Dowager, Orientations, March 1992, pp45-56. Other Notes: for very similar, see Sotheby's, London, 9 November 2016, Lot 159, Christie's, Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, Lot 2210
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese