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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
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A CORAL-BORDER FAMILLE VERTE DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is delicately painted in the central roundel with a water bufalo and boy attendant holding
the rope halter, beside a willow tree and rocks, surrounded by a broad border of coral enamel.
7æ in. (20 cm.) diam.
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, England.
Compare the present dish to a similarly decorated example with a coral border, previously in the
Jean-Michel Beurdeley Collection in Paris, illustrated by Jean-Michel Beurdeley & Guy Raindre in Qing
(mark)
Porcelain, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, London, 1987, p. 101, pl. 139, and a pair of dishes illustrated by
B. Till and P. Swart, Porcelain of the High Qing 1662 - 1795 The Brian S. McElney Collection, Victoria,
British Columbia, 1983, col. pl. XXV. See, also, a pair of Yongzheng-marked coral dishes dated to 1723,
illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV: Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 28.
清雍正 珊瑚紅地五彩牧牛圖盤 雙圈三行六字楷書款
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