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Object 2010120

Saucer

China

1723-1735

Height 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of rim 130 mm (5.12 inch), diameter of footring 78 mm (3.07 inch)

Saucer on a footring with and a moulded, hexafoil rim. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and black with three ducks walking between shore vegetation. One duck in flight. Two grasshoppers sit on the vegetation. On the reverse three orchid (Cymbidium virescens) sprays, the Lan Hua a motif commonly seen on fine Chinese export porcelain of around 1740.

The indented rim is characteristic of a group of well-enamelled tea-wares of a thin, pure body produced during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.213)

Condition: A tiny glaze frit to the rim.

Reference:

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 237

Price: Sold.