A RARE 'FAMILLE-ROSE' TAZZA QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the wide dish decorated to the interior with a central iron-red shou medallion encircled by a dense composite floral scroll comprising four large blooms interspersed with smaller flowers and curling leafy stems, picked out in two shades of green with yellow, white and pink enamels, the cavetto left plain save for the iron-red wufu ('five bats') descending upon the flowers, the underside decorated with radiating iron-red ruyi-head lappets, all supported on a splayed foot with a border of pendent green and yellow plantain leaves suspending beaded tassels, the six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue to the interior of the foot

The Edward T. Chow Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 172.

The tazza is in very good overall condition. There are scattered pin prick impurities and glaze bubbles to the interior, exterior and foot of the tazza. The rim has two tiny chips (ca. 1/16inch) and a tiny glaze bubble. The colour is more saturated than the catalogue illustration suggests. Please note, a wood stand accompanies this lot. Updated 11 September 2009
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

A similar tazza in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Xu Huping, The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 294. Another was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 20 March 1990, lot 660.