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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-BACK ᪺㢫᢬ ૦ᠳᠨ㷍㕳Ո◢ྑⴽ⟟͂㧎だ↲
㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ ◢ྑᆙ᳧ྰؠ
'POPPY' DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE 㯪㉼厍 ्ⱥൈᝳዪ卿१ᆭՔ⋁ᛞ
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735), THE ENAMELS POSSIBLY LATER Ǹצ㿃ǹǮǸ୨ᛞǹǮǸ㧩ᛌǹࣇ
The interior of the dish is finely decorated with pink poppy sprays,
blue asters and rocks, below a poetic inscription and three red seals ϝᬝ
each containing two characters. The exterior is applied with a ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
bright lemon yellow enamel.
ࣻ⩠झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦⎏Ӭཌ⇈⇶ᆭ⽙⧻՞㯪㉼┚卿ᄓᝧǸ㫇᫈ჺㅳǹ
8º in. (20.9 cm.) diam., box
᪪卿ݯӬⶬ㢙Ƕ▵✖ԕ㬪厍㚿ӽ༱׹ⵖӲ⎋ჺ⁞ཿǷ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-380,000 ⤔⽚ ** औӬߒᙻǶ᳖༈ԋ⇈⇶ᆭ≢⁞ཿǷ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚
ǯ᫉ംՔजᬘ㖅㫇᫈᪪⇈⇶ᆭℱ⼵㯪㉼⏎卿սࣿᭆஇ֎ㅳ⎏Ӭ׾卿
PROVENANCE
ߒᙻ⪐༾ᚸⶬǶᚺ᳖≢଍㦷໸Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ ࣿ
Sold at Sotheby's London, 19 June 2002, lot 50
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The interior of the dish is finely decorated with pink poppy sprays,
blue asters and rocks, below a poetic inscription which eulogises the
fragrance and brilliant colours of the flowers, and three red seals each
containing two characters reading jia li (beauty), si shi (four seasons)
and chang chun (eternal spring) respectively. The exterior is applied
with a bright lemon yellow enamel.
Compare the present lot to a pair of Yongzheng mark and period
falangcai dishes decorated with poppies and poetic inscriptions in the
collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei; one is illustrated in
Portrayals from a Brush Divine. A Special Exhibition on the Tricentennial
of Giuseppe Castiglione’s Arrival in China, Taipei, 2015, cat. no. II-05,
and the other is illustrated in Special Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty
Enamelled Porcelains of the Imperial Ateliers, Taipei, 1992, cat. no. 98.
Also see a Yongzheng period dish decorated in falangcai together with
a copy painted in the Republican period, illustrated by Geng Baochang
in Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 249, figs 426 & 427.

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