A FAMILLE-ROSE RUBY-BACK DISH QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD |

enameled to the center with a large blossoming peony beside chrysanthemum and lily stems, with a butterfly in flight above, and a snail below, the rim with three prunus sprays, the underside applied with a mottled raspberry-red enamel

D. Katz, Dieren, The Netherlands.
John Sparks Ltd., London.
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and thence by descent. 

Catalogus van de Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst uit het bezit van den Internationalen Handel [Exhibition of Ancient Art Belonging to the International Trade], Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1936. 

The dish is in overall good condition. There is a narrow diagonal enamel gap running through the central floral spray (visible in illustration). There is an approx. 2 cm fine hairline crack to the rim. The footring with an approx. 1.3-cm chip to interior of the footring and a small glazed over dent. There is wear to the surface and minor firing imperfections consistent with age and use.
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