8th Nov, 2023 11:00
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art
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A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'MAGU' DISH, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-35)
the rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted broad rim, finely enamelled to the interior with the Daoist Immortal standing holding a lingzhi, to her side stands a small boy carrying a basket on his back and a deer with a peach spray in its jaws, all encircled by floral sprays at the rim, 35cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1670-1733), Saxony, Dresden, inventory no. N=1831. Confirmed by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden that the dish was originally part of the Royal Dresden porcelain Collection.
Property from a Private Collection, England.
Footnote: For an almost identical dish with the same Japanese Palace Inventory number in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, see Eva Strober, La Maladie de porcelaine., East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Berlin, 2001, pl.32, where it is noted that such pieces likely entered the collection in 1727.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
清雍正（1723~1735年） 粉彩麻姑圖大盤
Sold for £4,500
the rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted broad rim, finely enamelled to the interior with the Daoist Immortal standing holding a lingzhi, to her side stands a small boy carrying a basket on his back and a deer with a peach spray in its jaws, all encircled by floral sprays at the rim, 35cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1670-1733), Saxony, Dresden, inventory no. N=1831. Confirmed by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden that the dish was originally part of the Royal Dresden porcelain Collection.
Property from a Private Collection, England.
Footnote: For an almost identical dish with the same Japanese Palace Inventory number in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, see Eva Strober, La Maladie de porcelaine., East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Berlin, 2001, pl.32, where it is noted that such pieces likely entered the collection in 1727.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
Auction: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
