Lot 51. Two small enameled dishes, 18th-19th century; 5 3⁄4 and 5 3⁄8 in. (14.6 and 13.7 cm.) diam. Price Realised USD 8,125 (Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000). © Christie's 2021

The first dish is a famille rose dish, 19th century, and the base has an apocryphal Yongzheng mark. The second dish is a gilt-decorated iron-red-ground dish, Jiaqing six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1796-1820).

Sold by the Yale University Art Gallery to benefit acquisition funds.

Provenance: Samuel Wells Williams (1812-1884) Collection.
Frederick Wells Williams (1857-1928) Collection, by descent.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, accessioned in 1928.

Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021