A pair of blue and white 'Three Friends' dishes, Daoguang seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850)
Lot 1189. A pair of blue and white 'Three Friends' dishes, Daoguang seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850); 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012
Each dish is decorated in the center with the 'Three Friends of Winter' (pine, prunus and bamboo) accompanied by lingzhi. The exterior is decorated with a continuous scene of a lady in a garden watching two boys at play.
Provenance: Christie's New York, 30 November 1983, lot 222.
Note: A similar Daoguang-marked dish, from the Simon Kwan Collection, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of the late Qing, Chinese University, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 15; and another from the Addis Bequest in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated by R. Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, London, 1986, pl. 48.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part II, 13 September 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza
