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3215 䚌㉀㱧炻⻏儡炻⚰嵛⢾㐯ˤ䚌⽫⍲ℏ⡩丒⸦ỽ搥⼊炻攻ẍ丷
㝅咖䲳炻⎋ᶳ≈梦ᶨ␐剙叱䲳ˤ⮔㉀㱧掌晽⚻⫼炻㍷䣔䲭ⷞ
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED RIM DISH 䲳䚠专炻㟮梦剙叱怲ˤ⢾⡩梦⸦ỽ搥⼊攻ẍ丷㝅咖䲳ˤ嵛
ℏ㜦䞛䵈⛘炻嵛䇮梦剙叱䲳炻⸽䣔䲭⼑㚠暁㕡㟮˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED WITHIN A ⸜墥˫䭮㚠㫦ˤ⤪㬌☐ᷳḦ昮㫦掌䨢㉀㱧⣏䚌朆ⷠ䍵份炻⎗
DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ⍫䄏⎘⊿㓭⭖⌂䈑昊㓞啷䘬ᶨẞ役Ụἳ炻℞ℏ⡩梦ℓᾳ⸦ỽ
搥⼊攻ẍ丷㝅剙䲳烊⎎⎗㭼ᶨ⮵湫⛘䘬ἳ⫸炻℞ℏ⡩咖䲳ᷳ
The dish is intricately enamelled in shades of blue, red, pink, 攻丒圁圈䲳侴朆⸦ỽ搥⼊炻㕤楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿2013⸜11㚰27㖍ᶲ
yellow and green with a facetted geometric ‘jewel’ in the centre, ㉵炻㉵⑩3442嘇ˤ⼊⇞ˣ䲳梦䚠役䘬▱ㄞ㫦䚌庫䁢ⷠ夳炻⚈
surrounded by lotus blooms borne on scrolling tendrils, below a 㬌㍐㷔㛔䚌䅺忈㕤Ḧ昮㘂㛇炻ㆾ㗗ἄ㕤▱ㄞ⇅㛇Ḧ昮䁢⣒ᶲ
band of pendent leaves and florettes at the rim. The wide everted 䘯ᷳ㗪ˤ
rim is pierced with a band of perforations joined by iron-red
cords, between borders of trefoils and florettes. The turquoise- ▱ㄞ㫦掌䨢䚌ἳ⫸妰㚱⼸⯽➪冲啷ᶨẞ㜦䞛䵈⛘䚌炻⼴㋸岰
enamelled base is inscribed with the reign mark in iron red. Ḱ楁㷗㔯⊾⌂䈑棐烊ṯ䃙ᷳ冲啷⎎ᶨẞ㜦䞛䵈⛘ἳ⫸炻2002
15 ¡ in. (39 cm.) diam. ⸜10㚰30㖍㕤楁㷗喯⭴㭼㉵岋炻㉵⑩258嘇烊ẍ⍲ᶨẞ䳓⛘ἳ
⫸1989⸜6㚰2㖍㕤䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿㉵岋炻㉵⑩218嘇ˤ
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000

Pierced rim dishes of this type bearing Qianlong reign marks are
extremely rare. Qianlong-marked examples include one currently on
display at the National Palace Museum, Taipei and a pair decorated
with a similar ‘jewel’ in the centre but surrounded by lotus and bats
on the well, all on a yellow ground, offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27
November 2013, lot 3442. Dishes of this rare design were produced
in larger quantities during the Jiaqing period, as there are a number
of surviving examples bearing Jiaqing reign marks. This suggests
the possibility that the current dish and the National Palace Museum
example were made towards the end of the Qianlong reign, or even
during the years when the Qianlong Emperor abdicated and styled
himself as Emperor Emiratus. The purpose of the apertures on the
rims is still unknown, though generally it has been accepted that this
group of wares served as offering dishes in the court.

Several Jiaqing-marked pierced rim dishes on various coloured
grounds have been published, such as a ruby-ground example in the
Weishaupt Collection, illustrated by Gunhild Avitabile in From the
Dragon’s Treasure, London, 1987, no. 21; a tuquoise-ground example
donated by T.T. Tsui to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (accession
no. 1997.97.172); another turquoise-ground one formerly in the E.T.
Chow Collection and sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 October 2002,
lot 258; and a ruby-ground example sold at Christie’s New York, 2 June
1989, lot 218.

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