A Rare Pair of Swedish-Market Chinese Export Slip-Decorated and Enameled Porcelain Plates Qianlong

拍品描述

The shallow rounded sides rising to wide everted rims, each decorated to the center with the initials “DCLS” formed by slender blossoming vines, all encircled by a gilt bamboo band entwined with fruit and floral sprays, the rim similarly adorned with alternating famille-rose-enameled and slip-decorated floral sprigs. (Diameter 8 3/4 inches) Made for the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (Karl Linnaaes, 1707-1778), by repute. For similar decoration of a cup and saucer ordered by Linné, see Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections, volume 8, the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, color plate IV. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report

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