A RARE DOUCAI 'FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
the elegantly rounded sides raised on a slightly tapered foot, superbly painted in vivid enamels within an underglaze-blue outline, the interior with two butterflies hovering above three blooming peonies in lavender, red and yellow, issuing from leafy branches beside a large garden rock, the exterior with branches of flowering peony and dianthus to one side and chrysanthemum and aster to the other, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
20.9 cm, 8 1/4 in.
Provenance:
Collection of Hans Öströms, Stockholm, collection no. 2459.
Collection of Ester and Erik Holmberg (1888-1972), collection no. K 64, and thence by direct descent.
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the elegantly rounded sides raised on a slightly tapered foot, superbly painted in vivid enamels within an underglaze-blue outline, the interior with two butterflies hovering above three blooming peonies in lavender, red and yellow, issuing from leafy branches beside a large garden rock, the exterior with branches of flowering peony and dianthus to one side and chrysanthemum and aster to the other, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
20.9 cm, 8 1/4 in.
Provenance:
Collection of Hans Öströms, Stockholm, collection no. 2459.
Collection of Ester and Erik Holmberg (1888-1972), collection no. K 64, and thence by direct descent.