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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLIES AND PEONIES’ DISH
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
The dish finely potted with gently curving sides rising from a short
inward-tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, delicately enamelled
with two butterflies fluttering in mid-air beneath a branch of flowering
peony blossoms.
20cm (7 7/8in) diam.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

清雍正 粉彩過枝花蝶紋盤
青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London (label), circa 1924 - 1930
Sotheby’s London, 24 July 1951, lot 161
Robert Stanley Hope Smith collection (1910-1979), collection no.R32,
and thence by descent

We would like to thank Dominic Jellinek for providing further
information on the Bluett’s provenance.

來源：約1924至1930年間，購自倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons（標籤）
倫敦蘇富比，1951年7月24日，拍品編號161
Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊藏，藏品編號R32，
並由後人保存迄今
The blossoming peony branches on the outside extend over the rim
of the dish continuing well into the interior. This decorative pattern,
known as ‘guozhi 過枝’ (overextended branches), is a homophone
of the phrase ‘guozhi 國治’, meaning prolonged peace under good
government. It was first developed towards the end of the Ming
dynasty, and later became popular during the Yongzheng reign. It
was especially favoured at court which is shown in Imperial examples
such as a larger dish (29.5cm) with peach flower design in the Baur
Collection, illustrated by J.Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol.IV, Geneva,
1974, A589; and a charger (50.1cm) in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille
Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p.67.

See a closely related dish with butterflies and peonies design,
Yongzheng six-character mark and period, which was sold at Christie’s
London, 7 November 2017, lot 275.

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