Large Chinese export famille rose charger, Yongzheng ca. 1725-30. Decorated along the center with a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming through a rippling lotus…

Large Chinese export famille rose charger, Yongzheng ca. 1725-30. Decorated along the center with a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming through a rippling lotus pond surrounded by a yellow spearhead band. The border with eight Daoist Immortals carrying attributes and riding vessels forming rafts on a billowing sea. The back of the plate with four iron-red flowers. Illustrated in Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 65, no. 42. Provenance: Christie's, London, "Fine Chinese Export Porcelain a

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Asian art

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St. Paul