A RARE CELADON-GLAZED AND FAMILLE-ROSE 'LINGZHI' WASHER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

naturalistically modeled with two large conjoined lingzhi heads forming the washer, each rendered with undulating edges simulating the rough textures of the fungus, borne on curled stems issuing further lingzhi, the underside interspersed with tiny spur marks delicately concealed by small florets in gilt

English Private Collection, acquired in the 1950s. 
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 14th November 2012, lot 191.

The orange upright lingzhi broken at the stem and re-stuck. One "lingzhi head" washer with small cracks and restored chips to the rim, and sprayed to the exterior. Minor expected wear to the surface and gilt throughout.
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See a closely related celadon-glazed washer, without the famille-rose enamels, in the National Museum of China, published in Zhongguo guojiabowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: ciqi juan qingdai [Studies of the collections of the National Museum of China: Qing dynasty ceramics], Shanghai, 2007, pl. 117.