97.
PAIR OF PLATES . 16 cm.
Semi -eggshell . Pure white porcelain, painted with very subtil FAMILLE ROSE enamels . In the center a cluster of flowers and fruit ( chrysantemum and lychees ), with green leafs. On the border 3 flowering branches .
On the backside: rim : RUBY- BACK, very evenly applied .
Period : YONGZHENG : 1723 - 1735 .
Provenance: Collection H.M. KNIGHT ( Scheveningen ) .
Salomon STODEL ( Amsterdam ) , 1991 .
Refer.: " Importante Collection de la Cie.des Indes et de la Chine , "
Sotheby Parke Bernet , Monaco , sale 27/05/1980, cat. 1037.
" The Book of the Famille Rose ", G. Williamson , pl. XXXV.
" Victoria & Albert Museum , London ", catal. 1962, n° 549.
" Important Chinese Ceramics : the Property of mrs. Alfred
Clark " , Sotheby's London , 25/03/ 1975 , cat. 127 .
Very rare collector's plates . 1 with a tiny rim-frit, 1 with a small rim-restoration.