M5474
£48,000
Description
A large and impressive Chinese porcelain famille rose-verte charger, painted with a scene from the “Dream of the Red Chamber” with Lin Daiyu being introduced to her new tutor Jia Yucun by her father Lin Ruhai, within an elaborately decorated pavilion with draped curtains and tables with various ornaments and flowers, the foreground set with pierced garden rocks and flowering shrubs all beneath a prunus tree amongst iron-red, gilt, yellow and blue clouds, all within a gilt and iron-iron floral and diaper border amongst four leaf-shaped panels depicting elegant reclining ladies, the underside glazed white.
Yongzheng, 1723-1735.
18 ¾ inches, 47.5cm diameter.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in the A. De Curte Collection, Antwerp.
- Published and sold by Van Herck in their auction of Collection A. De Curte, Belgium, 10th May 1932, no. 41.
- Sold by Sotheby’s Paris in their auction of Arts d’Asie, 12th June 2018, lot 123.
- Published by Cohen & Cohen in The Golden Gate Collection, Antwerp, 2018, p.181, no. 135.
- The scene depicted on this dish is from the first chapter of the “Dream of the Red Chamber”. This story is about Lin Daiyu, a noblewoman who is the daughter of an imperial court official named Lin Ruhai. Lin Daiyu, known for her delicate health was gifted and highly talented in poetry from a young age. Her father had educated her until she was sixteen, however her father was busy with official duties and sought a suitable tutor to guide and continue her education. The banner draped over the pavilion translates as “My sixteen-year-old daughter is proficient in any literary style”.
Condition
Available on request.
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