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AN UNDERGLAZE-
BLUE-DECORATED YELLOW-
ENAMELED DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is delicately potted with shallow, rounded sides and is fnely Hong Kong, 1968, p. 78-79, pl. 29; one from the Percival David
decorated in the center with peaches borne on leafy branches, and on Collection now housed in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental
the exterior with convolvulus. Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 247;
and another from the collection of Harry Hellebronth illustrated by
10¡ in. (26.4 cm.) diam.
U. Wiesner in the catalogue for the exhibition, Chinesische Keramik,
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 1988, pp. 142-43, no. 100. A
$60,000-80,000
blue and white example, without the yellow enamel, is illustrated by J.
Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 96.
PROVENANCE
Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago. For examples sold at auction, see a pair from the collection of Sir
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1964. Thomas Fermor-Hesketh sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006,
lot 1245. A second pair from the Harry Nail and John Yeon Collections
A pair of Qianlong dishes of the same pattern from the T. Y. Chao was sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 331, and one of
Collection was included in the exhibition, Ch’ing Porcelain from the the pair was sold again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3208.
Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no. 45, Another single dish from the Thomas English Cody Collection was
and later sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 19 March 1987, lot 316. For sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3921.
further Qianlong examples see one from the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Book II, 清乾隆 黃地青花九桃紋盤 六字篆書款

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