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Pair of Chinese celadon-back dishes, Qianlong

Pair of Chinese celadon-back dishes, Qianlong

Code: 231112

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An atractive pair of Chinese dishes, decorated to the front in underglaze blue with a lotus scroll design and with celadon glaze to the backs, dating from the Qianlong period.  The base of each dish has a 6-character Qianlong (minyao) mark in seal script.  One dish has a brown-dressed rim. Diameter 20.2cm (8")

Provenance: from the collection of Mary and Peter White

Dating: Qianlong mark and of the period (c 1790)

Condition.  Both dishes are in very good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. One dish has a small firing fault behind the rim, ilustrated in our last photograph.