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清道光 青花礬紅海水龍紋盤一對
青花「大清道光年製」篆書款
Provenance: Helge von Knorring (1897-1985), Finnish Charge d'Affaires 1929-1932 to Shanghai and Envoy to Beijing 1952-1953, and thence by descent.
來源: Helge von Knorring (1897-1985),1929年至1932年擔任芬蘭駐上海臨時代辦,並於1952年至1953年擔任赴北京特使,並由後人保存迄今
Helge von Knorring was a Finnish diplomat with a distinguished career within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. von Knorring was appointed in the late 1920s as an attaché to Japan. He was then seconded to Shanghai in the position of Charge d'Affaires 1929-1932, followed by a return to Tokyo as an attaché. Further to various diplomatic posts, he was appointed as Envoy to Beijing 1952-1953, and Ambassador to Bern 1953-1956.
See a related dish with designs of iron-red waves and blue-and-white dragons, Kangxi period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, p.188, pl.149. Compare with one very similar blue and white and iron-red-decorated 'dragon' dish, Daoguang seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2020, lot 181.