A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVERED PLATES, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-35)

each brightly famille-rose enamelled to the interior with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a seated lady playing a qin, encircled in the well by a grisaille foliate scroll on a dense trellis diaper band, the everted rim with floral cartouches reserved on a silvered ground, 22.7cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 August 1999. Footnote: For a similar dish see, William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 213, no. 73. 清雍正(1723-35)外销鎏银盘一对each brightly famille-rose enamelled to the interior with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a seated lady playing a qin, encircled in the well by a grisaille foliate scroll on a dense trellis diaper band, the everted rim with floral cartouches reserved on a silvered ground, 22.7cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 August 1999. Footnote: For a similar dish see, William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 213, no. 73.

One plate with a 6cm wide three-pointed hairline star crack to the base, the other dish with re-touching to the enamels on the top of the cabinet, the figures legs and the bown and the blue jars, minor frits to both plates. Condition Report: we are pleased to provide you with general guidance on the condition of property. Olympia Auctions is not entering into a contract with you in respect of the Condition Report and accordingly does not assume responsibility to you in respect of it. The Condition Report represents Olympia Auctions’ reasonable opinion as to the Lot’s general condition in the terms stated in the particular report, and Olympia Auctions does not represent or guarantee that a Condition Report includes all aspects of the internal or external condition of the Lot. Any images provided of the Lot may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the Lot nor its true colour or shade. The responsibility for ascertaining the condition of the Lot remains with the purchaser and prospective buyers should inspect each Lot to satisfy themselves as to condition. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD “AS IS” IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS.