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A RARE PAIR OF ROSE-VERTE Both inscriptions on the reverse of the dishes This pair of dishes may be part of a larger set as
SAUCER DISHES refer to the scenes painted on the other side another pair of very similarly decorated dishes
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG of the dishes. The inscription on the reverse formerly in the Grandidier Collection and now in
PERIOD of the left dish may be translated as ‘Ease of the Musee Guimet in Paris suggests, collection
reading by the window with [a view of] banana nos. G929 and G930. Like the present pair,
each finely painted to the centre with a figural trees’ while the inscription on the reverse of the they are decorated with an anhua design of
scene, one dish with a scholar sitting inside a other dish may be translated as ‘Washing the dragons on the well and with a circular scene
pavillion and looking out of a circular window inkstone’. in the centre of the dish, complemented by an
onto a banana tree, the other with a scholar inscription with one or two seals on the reverse.
approaching a stream where an attendant is The Guimet examples are dated to the Hongzhi
hovering on the other side, the sides with an period (1488-1505) of the Ming dynasty and it is
anhua design of sinuous dragons, the bases stated that the enamelled designs were added
with lengthy inscriptions in black and red seals in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
Diam. 19.8 cm, 7¾ in.

£ 50,000-70,000
HK$ 515,000-720,000 US$ 65,500-92,000
清雍正 粉彩蕉窗讀易圖小盤及
粉彩洗硯圖小盤

58 Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right (which will depend on the individual circumstanc-
es). Refer to the Buying at Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.