Lot 42
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[PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON] CHINESE PAINTED ENAML 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' DISH
ZHU JU MARK, QING DYNASY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 竹居款 銅胎畫琺瑯西廂記圖盤
the shallow dish finely painted with a scene from the classical novel Xi Xiang Ji, with the protagonists Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying meeting in a courtyard, the exterior with a foliate meander on a white ground, the base inscribed with a two-character mark ‘Ling Ju’ in red, encircled by a stylised chilong border in blue
Dimensions
15.8cm diameter
Provenance
Private collection, London
倫敦私人收藏
Footnote
Compare to other painted enamel dishes similarly painted with ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’, all dated to the 18th century: two sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 306, and two further sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 457.