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A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE-
ROSE QUATREFOIL ‘TEA POEM’
TRAY
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the shallow lobed sides resting on four low
turquoise-enameled rectangular feet, the interior
centered with a conforming panel inscribed with
an imperial poem concerning the preparation of
tea and dated to the dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign
(corresponding to 1797), all within two bands of
scrolling lotus and orets against a yellow ground,
the exterior enameled with further scrolling lotus
and bats, gilt bands dividing each decorative zone
and lining the rim, the base with a six-character
iron-red seal mark in a white cartouche
Length 6¼ in., 16 cm
Compare a pair of similar yellow-ground trays
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th April 2015,
lot 3119. A similar tray, but with lime-green
ground and the inscription in iron red, sold in
our London rooms, 13th May 2015, lot 346. For a
translation of the poem in English, see Stephen
W. Bushell,Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981,
p. 239.

$ 4,000-6,000

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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BALSAM PEAR’
BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD

delicately potted with the deep rounded sides
rising from a short foot to a ared rim, the
exterior nely enameled with leafy bamboo
reeds and a butter y uttering over a branch of
blossoming and fruiting kugua vines, the branch
extending over the rim to the interior, issuing
further clusters of foliage and fruit, the base with
a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 4¼ in., 11 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

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