THREE FAMILLE-ROSE DISHES QING DYNASTY, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY |

comprising a ruby-backed dish painted to the interior with a landscape surrounded by flowering and fruiting boughs, Yongzheng period; a plain-backed dish centered with an elegantly dressed woman and two boys enclosed by richly ornamented concentric bands, Yongzheng period; and a similarly decorated dish with a ruby back, 19th century (3)

The ruby-backed 'figural' dish:
C. T. Loo, Paris and New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 10th-11th October 1962, lot 338. The plain-backed 'figural' dish:
Collection of James A. Garland (1840-1902), inv. no. 1150.
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (1867-1943), inv. no. 1055.

The ruby-backed 'figural' dish with a restored break (from approx. 1 o'clock to approx. 5 o'clock), minute frits, and minor manufacturing imperfections. The ruby-backed 'landscape' dish with a branching L-shaped crack from the rim (approx. 11 cm), a short hairline rim crack, and a star crack to the base. The plain-backed 'figural' dish in overall good condition with only minor firing imperfections and minor expected wear (incl. minute chips to the footring).
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