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PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
3032
A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF 清乾隆 黃地描金粉彩蓮蝠紋鏤雕折沿大盤一對
YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED 礬紅六字篆書款
RIM DISHES
來源:
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARKS AND OF Samuel C. Davis（1871-1940）舊藏，再由其孫女Alita Davis繼承
THE PERIOD (1736-1795) （據標籤），後一直於家族中流傳
Each dish is intricately enamelled in shades of blue, red, pink, yellow
and green with a facetted geometric 'jewel' in the centre, surrounded
by alternating lotus blooms and bats borne on scrolling tendrils,
below a band of pendent leaves and florettes at the rim, all against a
bright yellow ground. The wide everted rim of each dish is pierced
with a band of perforations joined by gilt cords, between borders of
trefoils and florettes. The turquoise-enamelled bases are inscribed
with the reign marks in iron red.
15Ω in. (39.3 cm.) diam., box (2)

HK$7,000,000-9,000,000 US$900,000-1,200,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
Samuel C. Davis (1871-1940), then to his granddaughter Alita Davis
(with label on the dish), and thence by descent within the family

(marks)

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