Lot 134. Plat en porcelaine de la Famille Rose, Dynastie Qing, époque Yongzheng, ca. 1730; 43,3 cm, 17 in. Estimation:  6,000 — 8,000 €. Lot Sold 15,000 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's.

finement et délicatement décoré au centre de Magu tenant un lingzhi, entourée d'un enfant portant sur son dos un panier chargé de pêches et d'un daim mordant une pêche de longévité, le revers incisé de la marque d'Auguste le Fort "N = I83 I".

A finely painted famille rose charger, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, ca. 1730, with the incised Johanneum mark N = I83 I

Provenance: Collection of Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony, Imperial Vicar and elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, collection Nr. N = I83 I.

Note: The incised inventory number N= I83 I on the back refers to the Dresden collection of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1670-1733). These marks are referred to as Johanneum Marks : Inventory marks added to porcelain belonging to the collection of August the Strong. The first inventory was made in 1721. The inventory numbers were painted in black, or cut through the glaze with a glass cutter's wheel and blackened, as our exemplary. 

Compare with a dish sold in our London rooms, 8th November 2006, lot 577, and another example sold in Sotheby's Amsterdam, 2nd May 2005, lot 92, or in Christie's London, 30th April 2015, lot 111. 

From the August II, 'August the Strong', Prince-Elector of Saxony (1670-1733), Dresden. A fine Chinese famille rose large dish, Yongzheng period, circa 1730; 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) diam. Sold for 16,250 GBP at Christie's London, 30th April 2015, lot 111. © Christies Images Ltd 2015

Finely and delicately enamelled with Magu, the goddess of longevity, holding a lingzhispray, beside a boy attendant carrying a basket of peaches over his shoulder, and a deer with a peach in its mouth, the reverse incised with a Johanneum mark N= 183.

Note: The scene on this dish depicts the Daoist Immortal, Magu, on her way to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wang Mu, who rules over the garden of the peaches of longevity. It contains many symbols of long-life and immortality, especially the lingzhi fungus, the deer, and the peaches, while the blossoming prunus tree represents youth and new life. This dish can be dated with some accuracy since no new pieces were added to the collection of Augustus the Strong after his death in 1733, and the inventory books at Dresden reveal that dishes of this kind were acquired after 1727; see C.J.A. Jörg, Oriental Porcelain, A Choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum Collection, Rotterdam, 1995, p. 61, and fig. 25 for one of a pair of slightly larger, very similar dishes in the museum collection. See also Eva Ströber, La maladie de porcelaine ..., East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Leibzig, 2001, no. 32 for a very similar large dish in the Dresden collection. A dish of the same size and design as the present lot was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 11 November 2005, lot 675.

Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 12 Jun 2018, 11:30 AM