SET OF TEN FAMILLE VERTE GRADUATED DISHES
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 五彩玉蘭花樹紋盤（一組十件）each centre boldly painted with a large magnolia tree with gilt bark amongst flowers, the rim painted with four floral clusters (10)
diameters: 22.4cm to 38.8cm 
From Penicuik House, Midlothian, Scotland. Penicuik Estate, situated to the southwest of Edinburgh at the foot of the Pentlands, has been owned by the Clerk family since the middle of the 17th century. Sits at the heart of this designed landscape is Penicuik House, the finest and most influential example of Palladian architecture in Scotland. The 18th-century Palladian mansion was built by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet, in 1761. It was devastated by fire in 1899. During the fire, a great deal of effort was channelled into salvaging the furnishings. The once magnificent building has stood as a roofless shell for over 100 years. The stables and coach house of the original Penicuik House, converted after the fire into the ‘new’ Penicuik House where the Clerk family reside to this day. A significant selection of property from Penicuik House was sold in this saleroom, 27 March 2024, lot 1-69; A smaller selection of Asian Art from Penicuik House was also sold in this saleroom, 13 March 2024, lot 189-198. 
A highly comparable large famille verte ‘Magnolia’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the size is the same as the largest in this lot, sold at Sotheby's New York, 1 May 2020, lot 124. Two associated dishes, with different types of trees but in similar designs, further with carved decorations on the rim, are in The Royal Dresden Porcelain Collection, museum inventory numbers ‘PO 6712’ and ‘PO 6713’.