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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘DAYAZHAI’ ‘LOTUS AND 清光緒 約1876年 粉彩路路連科紋蓋盒
EGRET’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD, CIRCA 1876 《大雅齋》《天地一家春》
the cover with a three-character Dayazhai mark and a five- 《永慶長春》款
character Tiandi yi jia chun oval seal mark, the base of the
box with a four-character Yongqing changchun mark, all in 來源
iron red (2) 倫敦蘇富比1998年6月16日，編號288
Diameter 12½ in., 31.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 16th June 1998, lot 288.
The present box, finely painted with a bucolic scene of
egrets amidst lotus, belongs to a group of Dayazhai wares of
various forms painted with similar scenes on a white ground.
The original drawing for the design is preserved in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, see Guanyang ciqi: Gugong bowuyuancang
Qing dai zhici guanyang yu yuyao ciqi [Official Designs and
Imperial Porcelain: Official Porcelain Designs and Imperial Design of a ‘lotus and egret’ fishbowl, ink and color on paper, late Qing dynasty © The Palace
Qing Dynasty Porcelains in the Palace Museum], Beijing, Museum, Beijing
2007, pl. 44, where it is illustrated alongside an almost 清末 荷花鷺鷥魚缸圖樣 設色紙本 © 故宮博物院，北京
identical box and cover, a bowl, dish, zhadou and two stem
bowls of the same design, pp 189-191.
$ 20,000-30,000

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