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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ WINE CUPS
Iron-red Daoguang seal marks and of the period
Of octagonal form with each side depicting one of the Eight Daoist
Immortals and their attributes, all above a band of crashing waves,
the rims gilt.
Each 6.3cm (2 1/2in) diam. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

清道光 粉彩八仙圖小盃 一對
礬紅「道光年製」篆書款

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A RARE AND LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE
Daoguang
Finely enamelled with The Five Ancients gazing at a handscroll
depicted with the taiji symbol as young attendants prepare tea, carry
books, cups and a zither, below the Hehe Erxian floating in the clouds,
all amidst a mountainous landscape with craggy rocks and pine trees,
inset within a huanghuali frame on stand.
With stand: 114.3cm (45in) high (2).

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY43,000 - 69,000

清道光 粉彩道仙人物圖瓷板屏風

Delicately enamelled with mythical Daoist imagery and a variety of
auspicious flowers and birds, the plaque is imbued with symbolic
significance and would have probably been intended as part of a large
screen gracing the interior of an Imperial hall. The five figures gazing at
the handscroll may symbolise the Five Elements of Wood, Fire, Earth,
Metal and Water of the Chinese cosmology, which together with the
yin and yang forces, depicted on the handscroll, generated all changes
and animated the cosmos.

The brilliant enamels and highly naturalistic facial expressions noted
on the present plaque are features characterising porcelain dating to
the Jiaqing and Daoguang emperors. Compare with similarly depicted
famille rose plaques, inset in a twelve-leaf hardwood screen, Jiaqing/
Daoguang, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 30 March 2006, lot 190
and the famille rose plaques inset in a twelve-leaf huanghuali screen,
Jiaqing, sold in these rooms, 15 May 2014, lot 88.
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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.