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Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 13 April 2021
Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 125 180
About this Item
A large Chinese famille-rose bajixiang dish, Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period, 1875-1908
the circular body brightly enamelled to the centre with a lime-green lotus enclosed by scrolling tendrils and lotus buds, within a double gilt-line border, the cavetto enamelled with the eight Buddhist symbols amongst further flowerheads and foliage, enclosed by a ruyi band against a yellow ground within a gilt-and iron-red-line border, the reverse enamelled with chrysanthemum, peonies and hibiscus amongst scrolling foliage, underglaze iron-red six-character Guangxu mark and of the period, 38cm diameter
Provenance
Mr Thomas Witheridge Gubb, Town Clerk for Shanghai 1939-1940, and thence by descent.
Literature
cf. Christie's, 22 March 2013, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, lot 1540, where a similar example was sold.
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