A pair of blue and white 'lotus' dishes, Qing dynasty with Daoguang mark and of the period (1821-50).
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Each painted in the centre with a medallion enclosing three lotus flower heads borne on leafy vines, the well decorated with a border of lotus beneath a slightly everted rim, the exterior with a further lotus scroll band, the base bearing a seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 15.3 cm.
Provenance
Property of a private Swedish collector, long term member of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society, who started to collect in the early 1980's.
Exhibitions
Compare with a pair in the British Museum with this decoration but of the Guangxu period. Bequeathed by: Sir John M Addis, acquisition date 1984. Registration number 1984,0202.64.
Literature
See a very similar blue and white dish with lotus design, Guangxu mark and of the period, illustrated by Xu Huping, in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.463.