Lot 219
IRON-RED AND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'FISH AND SEAGRASS' PLATE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 16 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 若深珍藏款 礬紅綠彩魚藻紋盤
painted in the interior with a red carp swimming amongst sparse green water weeds within double circles further with three line borders, the exterior similarly painted with four swimming carps, the base inscribed with a four-character 'Ruo Shen Zhen Cang' (Collected by Ruoshen) mark within double circles in iron-red
Dimensions
15.5cm diameter
Footnote
Note: A rare Ming prototype of this design, is in the form of a zhadou, dated to the Zhengde period, formerly in the collection of E.T. Chow and Meiyintang, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2012, lot 47; A Qing dynasty, 18th-century comparable example, is in the form of a bowl, with an apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze blue, was sold at the aforementioned saleroom, 25 May 2022, lot 428; There are a pair of earlier related dishes, similarly designed with a red carp in the central medallion enclosed by red line borders, with more elaborate Wucai decoration on the water weeds, dated to the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, British Museum, museum nos. PDF,A.730 and PDF,A.731