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The present dish is a magnificent and visually Complete Collection of the Treasures of the of Treasures from the Palace Museum.
imposing example of the technical proficiency Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration
of craftsmen employed at the Imperial kilns, and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 2007, and Famille Rose Decoration, Shanghai,
conveyed by the large size of the vessel no.231. See also a doucai dish decorated with 1999, p.257. A famille rose dish decorated
and the dense designs of writhing dragons phoenix and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, with phoenix and dragon designs, Guangxu
interspersed amidst the Eight Buddhist Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in mark and period, in the Shanghai Museum,
Emblems clouds, combined with phoenix Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln is illustrated in Appreciation of Qing dynasty
hovering amidst clouds on the reverse. Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, porcelain, Shanghai, 1994, p.279, pl.370.
Shanghai, 2003, pp.300-301.
In form and design, the present dish appears
to be inspired by enamelled wares produced A small yellow-ground famille rose dish
during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. decorated with the Eight Buddhist
Compare with a large doucai dish, Yongzheng Emblems similarly ribbon-tied on a ground
mark and period, in the Qing Court Collection, of blossoming flowers, Guangxu mark
decorated with a pair of phoenix and the and period, in the Qing Court Collection,
Eight Buddhist Emblems, illustrated in The is illustrated in The Complete Collection
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