296. A fine pair of Chinese Imperial famille rose semi-eggshell small dishes six character Yongzheng marks and of the period 1723-35, brightly enamelled with peony and aster issuing from rockwork beneath a butterfly in flight, one with a tiny hairline crack, 15cm. (2) £10,000-15,000
Provenance: formerly in a Swedish family collection, resident in China in the 1920s. Cf. M Pinto de Matos, Porcelana Chinesa, na Coleccao Calouste Gulbenkian, pp.60-61 for a related vase.