A RARE PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FAN-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAYS

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONALD W. LONGSDORF

细节

A RARE PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FAN-SHAPED NARCISSUS TRAYS
TONGZHI EARLY GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908)

Each modelled in the shape of fan, raised on five low feet, decorated on the exterior sides with three butterflies in flight amidst peach blossoms, inscribed below the mouth rim in iron-red with Dayazhai and Tian Di Yi Jia Chun sealmarks, all reserved on rich blue-ground, the flat broad mouth rim with a blue enamel keyfret band, the interior applied with turquoise enamel, the base bearing the mark Yong Qing Chang Chun in iron-red
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across, boxes (2)

出版

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager', Orientations, March 1992, p. 51, fig. 13

展览

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 'Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains of the Empress Dowager', Orientations, March 1992, p.51, fig. 13

拍品专文

An identical tray enamelled with peach blossoms in Beijing Palace Museum collection is illustrated in Guanyang Yuci, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2007, p. 183 (fig. 1). According to the note accompanying the sketch, four pairs of light blue, light green and transparent white-ground trays of this shape and pattern were commissioned, see op. cit., p. 182, no. 41.