TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES

18TH CENTURY

The smaller dish decorated with a large spray of peony and finger citron, the design surrounded by bands of blue and pink diaper, the larger dish painted with a cornucopia of flowers, brightly decorated in enamels and gilt with banners, plumes and other designs encircling the rim, 20.8cm and 35.6cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. The 'cornucopia' dish purchased from John Sparks Ltd on 26th April 1982. A copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. Christie's New York, 28th January 2013, lot 486 for another dish with a very similar cornucopia design.