Lot 210

GILT-DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE 'GOURD' DISH
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT
£2,520
Description
清 醬地粉彩描金‘福祿壽喜’瓜瓞綿綿盤
the interior finely painted with various small leafy gourds on tendrils against a brown-glazed ground highlighted in gilt-paint, the exterior adorned with four roundels respectively inscribed with Fu (Luck), Lu (Wealth), Shou (Longevity), and Xi (Happiness) against a yellow ground with continuous key-fret pattern, all between ruyi-headed bands below the mouth rim and on the foot, the base painted with a qin musical instrument and ruyi with ribbons
Dimensions
17.3cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: Formerly in a private French collection



