A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS SCROLL' DISH

Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period

清光緒 青花纏枝蓮紋盤

《大清光緒年製》

The shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a gently-everted rim, painted to the interior with three stylised lotus flowerheads issuing from scrolling leafy stems, bordered by a band enclosing demi-lotus sprays around the rim, the exterior with a frieze of lotus scroll, six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze-blue to the base,

15.3cm diameter

c.f. A comparable dish can be found in the collection of the British Museum, acc. no. 1984,0202.64.

A group of comparable dishes were sold at Christie's New York, 13th September 2012, lot 1187, and another pair at the same rooms, 15th December 2015, lot 96. A similar dish, this one bearing a six-character Xianfeng mark, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 11th October 2017, lot 319.

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