A FAMILLE ROSE ‘COCKEREL’ DISH, QIANLONG PERIOD China, c. 1750. The shallow rounded sides supported on a short tapered foot, the interior finely painted in bright enamels with a cockerel standing on a lingbi rock in a garden with peonies and other flowers, encircled by a band with shaped reserves enclosing floral sprays against a turquoise diapered ground with peony flowerheads at the cavetto, the broad rim with a band of peonies and foliate scroll below a pink-ground band of scroll interspersed with flowerheads.

Provenance: UK trade.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including pitting and dark spots. Few tiny frits to rim, minor rubbing to enamels.

Weight: 331.2 g
Dimensions: Diameter 22.6 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related famille rose dish, 38.7 cm diameter, also dated to the Qianlong period, at Christie’s New York, 18 January 2018, lot 130, sold for USD 4,000.

乾隆時期粉彩雄鷄牡丹圖盤
中國，約1750年。折沿，淺弧壁，圈足；盤内開光，明亮的粉彩琺琅描繪園中花叢中一隻雄鷄，繁花錦簇，富貴牡丹紋裝點折沿。

來源: 英國古玩市場。
品相: 狀況極好，有輕微的磨損和燒製瑕疵。邊緣輕微小熔塊，琺瑯有輕微的摩擦。

重量: 331.2 克
尺寸: 直徑22.6 厘米

拍賣結果比較: 比較一件相近的乾隆時期粉彩盤，直徑38.7 厘米，見紐約佳士得2018年1月18日lot 130, 售價USD 4,000。