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A MAGNIFICENT FAMILLE ROSE CHARGER The present charger features the flowers peony (fuguihua), white
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE magnolia (yulan), and crabapple (haitang). The first character of the
WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) word for peony (fu) and the second character of the word for crabapple
(tang), form a rebus for the jade hall (yutang), and combined with peony,
The dish is finely enamelled with two large peony blossoms, painted in
which represents wealth and honor, symbolize the expression futang
shades of yellow and pink enamel, borne on blue and green enamelled
yigui, ‘may your noble house be blessed with wealth and honor.’ (See T.T.
branches, beside two tall, curved branches bearing buds and blossoms of
Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum, San
magnolia and crabapple.
Francisco, p. 153, 6.28.3.)
20 in. (50.8 cm.) diam.
This charger belongs to a group of Yongzheng dishes, all of similarly large
$80,000-120,000 size, exquisitely painted with flowering or fruiting branches rising from
the foot and turning over the mouth rim onto the interior. Their large size
PROVENANCE:
and exacting designs made them difficult to produce successfully, so only
Kay (1943-2020) and John P. (1942-2017) Harllee Collection, Bradenton,
a small number were made during the Yongzheng period, and there are
Florida. no known examples from the Qianlong period.

清雍正 御製粉彩牡丹紋大盤 雙圈六字楷書款 Although the general design remains unchanged, these dishes were
all individually conceived, using different flowers and with variations in
來源: their arrangement. This style of decoration, which brought the flowering
Kay (1943-2020) 暨John P. (1942-2017) Harllee 伉儷珍藏, Bradenton, branch over the rim of a dish or bowl, is known as guozhihua, ('flowering
佛羅里達州。 branch passing over [the rim])' and was first developed in the latter years
of the Ming dynasty in the second quarter of the seventeenth century.
However, it was not until the Qing dynasty that this style of decoration
seems to have gained popularity and specifically, imperial favor. It was in
the Yongzheng period that the guozhihua style of decoration reached its
peak, in terms of both accomplished execution and also of popularity at
court, with finely enameled vessels of both large and small size decorated
in this technique.

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Fig. 1. A famille rose charger, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735), 19 7/8 in. diam.
Sold Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1557.
圖一 清雍正粉彩過枝花卉盤, 直徑 19 ⅞ 英寸, 香港佳士得, 2006 年11月 28日,
拍品1557號。