Pair Chinese Export Ruby Back Plates, With A Chinese Export Teacup And Saucer-Christie's Provenance
Location: BRG-Greenwich
Item #: 171384
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This wonderful lot of 3 items includes a pair of Chinese export ruby-back porcelain plates, Yongzheng period together with a Chinese Export famille rose enameled porcelain teacup with saucer, Yongzheng period.
The pair of ruby-back porcelain plates each beautifully enameled in the center with three quails seen beside a pink chrysanthemum bush with a butterfly hovering above. The plates with a wonderful cell pattern on pink ground to the rims with three panels of blossoming boughs.
Together with a Chinese Export famille rose enameled porcelain teacup with saucer, Yongzheng period. Decorated with large lappets with mythical beasts along with birds perched on flowering branches including peonies.
The saucer has a tag underfoot that denotes it as being "Chinese Porcelain of the Kien-long period, 1736-1796" but was determined to be from the Yongzheng period by Christie’s Auction House in 1994 when last sold.
Dimensions: 8 1/4" Diam. - pair of ruby back dishes;
4 1/2" Diam. of saucer; 1 1/2"H of teacup
Provenance: The Pair of ruby back quail plates was purchased at Christies Auction House on April, 16 1994, lot 60, for $920 in the sale titled “Property from the Estate of Mary Viscountess Rothermere” with the Christie's sale label is affixed underfoot; The teabowl and saucer are 1 of 2 items in lot # 45 purchased from Christie's April 16, 1994 sale for $575. In the “Property from the Estate of Mary Viscountess Rothermere” sale with a tag denoting this underfoot.
Condition: The pair of export ruby back plates have several condition issues. Both of the dishes have numerous restored breaks and fractures which can be seen in the attached lot images. There is also a significant break to one plate's rim with the roughly inch long piece being currently taped to the interior of the plate along with a smaller break which can also be seen in the lot images. There is also rim fritting and losses to the enamelled surface commensurate with age.
The teabowl and saucer also has rim fritting around the rims and losses to the enamelled surface mostly commensurate with age. The one dish should be properly restored but the group is a wonderful group of high caliber, 18th century Chinese export porcelain and display very well.