£875
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
定窯白釉劃花萱草紋盤 及 乾隆底款 '御筆題養正圖詩'款 長方漆盒
the plate with flat base extending to splayed foliate sides, the interior carved freely with a daylily flower with leaves, overall covered with a creamy white glaze with ivory tinge, leaving only the mouth rim unglazed, the plate contained in a lacquer rectangular box with fitted embroidered setting, and a paper label inscribed with the information that the collector acquired the plate in the early winter of the Year of Geng Zi, the cover of the lacquer box inscribed with seven characters, the base with a carved and gild-paint six-character Qianlong mark