[PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON] CHINESE PAINTED ENAML 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' DISH ZHU JU MARK, QING DYNASY, 18TH CENTURY
清 竹居款 銅胎畫琺瑯西廂記圖盤
the shallow dish finely painted with a scene from the classical novel Xi Xiang Ji, with the protagonists Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying meeting in a courtyard, the exterior with a foliate meander on a white ground, the base inscribed with a two-character mark ‘Ling Ju’ in red, encircled by a stylised chilong border in blue
Dimensions:
15.8cm diameter
Provenance:
Private collection, London
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Footnote:
Compare to other painted enamel dishes similarly painted with ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’, all dated to the 18th century: two sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 306, and two further sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 457.
清 竹居款 銅胎畫琺瑯西廂記圖盤
the shallow dish finely painted with a scene from the classical novel Xi Xiang Ji, with the protagonists Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying meeting in a courtyard, the exterior with a foliate meander on a white ground, the base inscribed with a two-character mark ‘Ling Ju’ in red, encircled by a stylised chilong border in blue
Dimensions:
15.8cm diameter
Provenance:
Private collection, London
倫敦私人收藏
Footnote:
Compare to other painted enamel dishes similarly painted with ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’, all dated to the 18th century: two sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 306, and two further sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 457.