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Pair of Beijing enamel dishes
Beijing (probably Imperial workshops), China
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Decorated in mirror image with landscape scenes to the interior, surrounded by two borders, the inner with scrolling flowers against a yellow ground, the outer border with floral reserves and qilong roundels against a cash-diaper ground. The reverse exquisitely decorated with a scrolling qilong in blue against a yellow ground, the outer border with scrolling flowers against a green ground. 4.5cm high, 26.5cm diameter. One small stress-hairline crack to each dish to the interior (production flaw related to differential cooling). R&V Tregaskis No.2737 label affixed to the base. Together with a Chinese cloth-bound fitted box.
Provenance: Bluett & Son, London 14 April 1975. Ray Tregaskis, Sydney. Moss Green Auctions, 24 November 2008, Lot 507. Rogers Collection, Toorak, Melbourne.
Cat. 360
Beijing (probably Imperial workshops), China
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Decorated in mirror image with landscape scenes to the interior, surrounded by two borders, the inner with scrolling flowers against a yellow ground, the outer border with floral reserves and qilong roundels against a cash-diaper ground. The reverse exquisitely decorated with a scrolling qilong in blue against a yellow ground, the outer border with scrolling flowers against a green ground. 4.5cm high, 26.5cm diameter. One small stress-hairline crack to each dish to the interior (production flaw related to differential cooling). R&V Tregaskis No.2737 label affixed to the base. Together with a Chinese cloth-bound fitted box.
Provenance: Bluett & Son, London 14 April 1975. Ray Tregaskis, Sydney. Moss Green Auctions, 24 November 2008, Lot 507. Rogers Collection, Toorak, Melbourne.
Cat. 360