A famille rose rectangular plaque
Qing dynasty
Estimate $2,500 – $3,500
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW SOUTH WALES
painted with a panel depicting a pair of brightly plumed birds perched on blossoming boughs beside flowering peony, within a broad green-ground wan diaper border reserved with different flower sprigs, framed
31.5 cm x 44 cm overall
- Lot Sold $2,000 (Hammer Price)
- $2,440 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 4 October 1983
P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Certificate of Antiquity dating the panel to the Qing dynasty
Condition Report
The upper left corner with a shallow chip on the upper surface approx 1 cm, now painted over and mostly hidden behind the frame. Some wear to gilt border, some pink enamel on the peony bud partly missing.
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Guy CairnduffHead Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff |
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Ann RobertsSpecialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
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Anthony HurlSpecialist Consultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward |
