S2519
Description
A fine and rare Chinese imperial porcelain brown-glazed dish with foliate rim on a splayed foot, the underside with a central double rib, covered overall in a rich and even bright coffee-brown glaze.
8 inches, 20.3 cm diameter.
The underside with a six-character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze blue and of the period, 1736-1795.
Condition
Overall excellent condition without any chips, cracks, or restoration.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Christie’s New York, 19th March 2008, lot 670.
- Formerly in the Meiyintang Collection.
- Sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in their auction of The Meiyintang Collection: Part I, 7th April 2011, no.33, p.150/51.
- Illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four (II), no. 1816, p. 372/3
- A similar pair from the collection of Dr. Yip Shing Yiu are illustrated by Laurence C.S. Tam in Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Min Chiu Society and The Urban Council, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, no.96, p.87.
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