Lot 150 , A rare Chinese ‘bleu de hue’ dish, 19th century, made for the Vietnamese market

A rare Chinese ‘bleu de hue’ dish, 19th century, made for the Vietnamese market, finely painted with geese by bamboo and a pond, four character seal mark QUOC BUU VÔ HÀ (National Treasure without trace of jade), 16.5cm diameter

cf. a bleu de hue dish with identical seal mark sold by Rob Michiels, Autumn sale 2024, lot 417.

Literature - see the doctoral thesis of Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son (Vietnamese porcelain signed in China from 1804 to 1924, Hue Palace Museum of Fine Arts, 2002). In his thesis he says that during the Nguyen Dynasty signed porcelain designs were made for the Vietnamese court, and the ambassadors also ordered their own porcelains for gifts or offerings to places of worship in the family line, typically the porcelains ordered by Dang Huy Tru in 1868. Many merchants and wealthy households also ordred signed porcelain designs for their own needs. In addition, the Chinese also used designs signed by court officials, making porcelain with completely Chinese names but with designs, patterns, poetry like official porcelain items, to sell to the Vietnamese market.
£3,000-5,000

Condition:
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