M5221
£58,000
Description
A Chinese imperial porcelain doucai deep dish of ogee form, finely painted on the interior with the eight attributes of the Daoist immortals, anbaxian, each ribbon-tied in blue enamel, ruby enamel, yellow and iron red, amongst flower sprays, and within two pairs of underglaze blue rings, encircling a central mallow flowerhead, itself within an inter-linked profile branch of pendant, peaches and chrysanthemum, the underside with eight elaborate flowerheads painted in pairs on a dense floral ground with leaves in different tones of green and buds, all above a lappet and ruyi-head border.
8 inches, 20.4 cm diameter.
The base with a six-character sealmark of Daoguang in underglaze blue and of the period, 1821-1850.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From the collection of Johan Frans Björk (1821-1876), who was a sea captain on the steamship August Leffler which sail to China between 1872 and 1875 when he acquired this dish, thence by direct descent through the family.
- A similar deep dish with Daoguang mark is illustrated by Peter Lam in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 33, p. 61.
- A Qianlong example was included by Marchant in their catalogue of Recent Acquisitions, 2008, no. 40, pp. 90/1; another was included by Marchant in their catalogue of Recent Acquisitions, 2010, no. 41, pp. 72/3; a Qianlong pair was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng & Qianlong, 1996, no. 42; a Jiaqing example was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, 1981, no. 53.
Condition
Excellent condition, some small spots and extremely slight browning at the exterior rim.
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