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Lot 87
  • 87

A large famille-rose dish Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
painted to the interior with a floral panel enclosing a lady leaning by a desk and looking at her child holding a sheng and nandina berries in his arms, encircled by the Attributes of the Eight Immortals (an baxian) and pomegranate-shaped panels with blooming floral braches reserved on an ice-crackle ground

Provenance

John Sparks, London, 8th December 1950.
Collection of Sir Alfred Beit (1903-1994).

Condition

In good general condition. Some pulling of the glaze at the rim. Some pitting and minor wear to the enamels.
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