A 'Doucai' 'Lotus' Dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

A 'Doucai' 'Lotus' Dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

with shallow rounded sides and slightly everted rim springing from a narrow foot, painted on the inside with a circular panel enclosing four iron-red lotus sprays encircling a larger spray in the centre, the flowers each framed by pencilled stems in underglaze blue with scroll-shaped green and blue leaves, a matching frieze of eight lotus flowers on the exterior, inscribed on the base with the four-character cai xiu tang zhi hall mark in underglaze-blue. diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm. Estimate 5,000—7,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Acquired from a German dealer before 1924.
Brought to the United States circa 1934, by Gertrude Morgenroth, Great Neck, New York.
Thence by descent to Eva Lande.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

EXHIBITED: Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio (before 1981).
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio (1981-2008).

NOTE: A similar dish of the exact size, but with a Yongzheng six-character mark, in the Paul and Helen Bernat collection, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 15th November 1988, lot 16.

Sotheby's. Chinese Works of Art. 17 Mar 09.New York www.sothebys.com Photo courtesy Sotheby's