ARomance Among Blooming Roses II——The Meiyintang and Western Collectionof Five Dynasties Imperial Ceramics

5029 | Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty A RARE DOUCAI ‘LONGEVITY’PLATE

A RARE DOUCAI ‘LONGEVITY’PLATE

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Size: 20.7cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 680,000

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 10th December 1985, lot 281
Yongzheng Six-Character Mark
The shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot, decorated in the centre with clusters of narcissus glowing between pierced rocks under overhanging nandina berries, with lingzhi on one side. The exterior with three further rocks with similar plants, all drawn in delicate shades of cobalt blue and coloured in red, two tones of green, yellow, white rose-pink and blue enamels. The base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character Yongzheng reign mark in a double ring.

EXHIBITED
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, The British Museum, London, 1994,no.179
ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.2, no.765