Chinese export porcelain eggshell ruby-back saucer dish, Yongzheng.

Very fine and rare Chinese export porcelain eggshell ruby-back saucer dish with three borders and three reserves with red flowers, the centre with a standing pheasant on a rock surrounded by peonies in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, c. 1730, Yongzheng reign, Qing dynasty, d. 19,8 cm, 7¾ in. 3.7131

Provenance: The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, USA, no. 4920.

Illustrated: Qing Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2015/2016, cat. 060.

Literature: Treasures of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Peabody Essex Museum, by W.R. Sargent, p. 240 for a similar dish.

◆ Rocks are natural symbols of longevity, reliability and hardness.

中國外銷瓷蛋殼瓷粉彩紅寶石背鳳凰牡丹盤, 盤邊繪有紋飾, 其中兩條為綠色與藍色, 中間一條較寬 為粉色, 帶三個紅色花卉紋開光, 盤中央繪有一牡丹簇擁的鳳凰立於山石之上, 約1730年, 清雍正, 直 徑19.8釐米, 7¾英吋。

藏品出處: 美國The Leo and Doris Hodroff 的藏品 第4920號 。

插图: 《百年中国外销瓷》 阿.瓦瑞拉. 桑托斯, 2014/2015, 目录 60。

參考文獻: 《Peabody Essex博物館的中國外銷瓷珍藏》, 作者 W.R. Sargent, 參見第240頁一近器 。

◆ 山石是一種自然象征, 有長壽、可靠與堅實之意 。