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White-glazed dishes of this form and size are Art, Hong Kong, 1978, cat. no. 54, and also sold in
extremely rare and no other closely related our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 282.
example appears to have been published. The
Finely enameled with a colorful bird amongst
shape is known in a smaller size, covered in
! owering prunus and magnolia branches, this pair
a lemon-yellow glaze, such as a pair from the
of dishes has been enameled using the di* cult
collection of the Hosokawa clan, sold in our
artistic device known as changzhi (long branch),
Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3110;
a homophone of the phrase ‘eternal governance’.
and another pair, from the T.Y. Chao Collection,
This technique # rst gained popularity in the
included in the exhibitions Ch’ing Porcelain from
Yongzheng period and was employed for
the Wah Kwong Collection, The Art Institute,
illustrating ! owering branches of various types,
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
often together with other auspicious motifs such
1973, cat. no. 38, and One Hundred Selected
as bats, peaches or butter! ies, extending from
Pieces of Chingtechen Porcelain of the Ming and
the exterior over the rim to the interior. The
Ch’ing Dynasties from the Collection of the T.Y.
ingenuity of this technique allowed each side to
Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of
be viewed as a complete design in its own right.

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