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FOUR SMALL LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELLED SAUCERS 清乾隆 檸檬黃釉小碟 一組四件 雙圈六字篆書款
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The saucers are modelled with rounded sides and supported on a slightly 來源:
splayed foot. They are covered to the exterior and interior with a bright lemon-
yellow enamel and the bases are applied with a transparent glaze. 英國私人珍藏, 法國私人舊藏, 大部分於1960年代及1970
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) diam. (4)
年代在巴黎所購,家傳至今
£30,000-50,000 US$40,000-65,000
€35,000-58,000
PROVENANCE:
Private English Collection, formerly in a private collection in France, most
of which was purchased in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s, and thence by
descent to the present owner.
A pair of lemon-yellow dishes with Qianlong seal marks was sold at Christie's
Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3308. Another pair from the E.T. Hall
Collection was sold at Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 271. Another
pair was sold at Christie's Paris, 15 June 2004, lot 191. A single example is
illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong
Kong, 1987, no. 143.
Compare with another type of Qianlong lemon-yellow enamelled dishes
of ogee-form and of a slightly larger size (11.5 cm. diam.), with the interior
and base covered with a transparent glaze. A pair of this type was sold at
Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1804.
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