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31 mars 2015

A fine pair of Famille-Rose 'Peony' saucers, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)

A fine pair of Famille-Rose 'Peony' saucers, Marks and period of Yongzheng

A fine pair of Famille-Rose 'Peony' saucers, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1)

A fine pair of Famille-Rose 'Peony' saucers, Marks and period of Yongzheng (2)

Lot 3102. A fine pair of Famille-Rose 'Peony' saucers, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735);  8.9 cm., 3 1/2  in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,062,500 HKD (80,620 USD)© Sotheby's

each finely potted with everted sides resting on a short tapering foot, the interior with floral buds and blooms exquisitely enamelled in shaded tones of pink and white, issuing from green and turquoise leafy stems, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character reign mark in three columns within a double-circle, wood stands.

NoteThis pair of dishes is elegantly painted in the ‘boneless style’, a technique known for its virtually skeleton and outline-free design, whereby the only lines incorporated into the composition are the black lines used to define the veins on the leaves. Although this technique was known in painting from the Ming period, it was not widely used on porcelain decoration, most likely because it was too complicated to use on a mass-production scale. It represented a great challenge to the artists as lesser-skilled painters would require outlines to complete their sections of decoration, and if not handled correctly it would give the impression that the piece was unfinished.

A pair of closely related dishes, from the Edward T. Chow collection, was sold in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 160. Compare also a small Yongzheng mark and period dish painted in this style with peony, in the Brian S. McElney collection, included in the exhibition Porcelain of the High Qing, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983, cat. no. 87.

Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain and Works of Art from a Hong Kong Private Collection, Hong Kong, 07 april 2015

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