LOT 226 FINE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MAGU’ CHARGER QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PER...
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34.4cm diameter
FINE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MAGU’ CHARGER QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD 清雍正 粉彩麻姑獻壽圖大盤 the interior delicately enamelled with Magu, the goddess of longevity, holding a lingzhi spray, beside a boy attendant carrying a basket of peaches over his shoulder, and a stag with a peach in its mouth, the mouth rim gilded (34.4cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private American estate (by repute) Note: Some plates of similar 'magu' theme were commissioned by Augustus II (1670-1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony and also known as Augustus the Strong, whose passion for collecting created the basis of Dresden’s Art Collections. Some existing examples with old Dresden inventory are respectively in the Dresden collection [1], the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam [2], and in the former Collection Ignazio Vok [3]. Two smaller dishes (39cm diameter and 38.8cm) with the same design and inventory number were sold respectively at Christie's London, 30 April 2015, lot 111 and Sotheby's New York, 17 March 2021. A larger (43.5cm diameter) plate was sold at this saleroom, 5th November 2021, lot 229. [1] Eva Ströber, La maladie de porcelaine ..., East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Leipzig, 2001, no. 32 [2] C.J.A. Jörg, Oriental Porcelain, A Choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum Collection, Rotterdam, 1995, p. 61, and fig. 25 [3] Ulrich Wiesner, Seladon Swatow Blauweiss. Chinesische Keramik aus der Sammlung Ignazio Vok, Köln, 1983, no. 153
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