Lot 1356. A rare white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration, Incised Qianlong six-character mark and of the period (1735-1796). Diameter 34 cm. Estimated price €15.000 - €20.000. Result: €22.320. Photo Lempertz

The broad shallow dish incised on the interior with a lotus bouquet surrounded by flowers and scrolls to the exterior and interior walls, covered with a greyish-white glaze.

Provenance: Galerie Alex Finck, Brussels

Collection Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) and Isabelle de Strycker (1915-2010), Louvain, 1941

Collection Baron de Strycker (1915-2004) and Baroness de Strycker (1923-2015), Brussels, 1993 

Professor Robert de Strycker and his wife Isabelle discovered Chinese art while on a trip to London in the 1930s. They began collecting Chinese art in 1938, buying in Paris and Belgium and corresponding with scholars in this field throughout Europe. They meticulously documented the acquisitions. Some of the pieces from the collection were shown in the exhibition "Oude kunst uit Leuvens privébezit" (Old art in private collections of Leuven).

Literature: Compare a similar dish in: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1965, no. 680

Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels