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1972-43-58 (C-613)
Dish

Chinese Republic, Hongxian period (1916)
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels,
9
1
8.9X19.2 (3 /2X/ /i6)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in seal script on the base in red enamel in two
columns of two characters each: Juren tang zhi [made for the
Hall where Benevolence Dwells]
Spuriously inscribed below reignmark: CHINA

TECHNICAL NOTES
The foot-ring is sharply beveled, and the base is recessed
and glazed.

PROVENANCE
Harry G. Steele [1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

ADE VERY EARLY IN THE REPUBLIC, this dish is deCO-
Mrated on the interior with flowering plants and a
cricket in overglaze yellow, red, green, pink, lavender,
brown, and black enamels. The exterior is plain.
The Juren tang was a hall in the imperial Zhongnanhai
complex just west of the Forbidden City, Beijing. In 1916
it was made the residence of Yuan Shikai, the first presi-
dent of the Chinese Republic, who reigned briefly as the
Hongxian emperor. 1
SL

NOTES
i. See Kerr 1986, 50; see also van Oort 1977, 93.

foot-ring, reignmark, and
inscription on base of 1972.43.58

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