A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-BACK SEMI-EGGSHELL 'LADY AND BOYS' DISHES Yongzheng Enamelled to the interior with a leaf-shape panel depicting a seated lady surrounded by two boys holding a lotus stem and a ruyi respectively, beside a jar and a table placed with scholar's items and a vase, all reserved on a gilt floral ground, within elaborately detailed floral and geometric pattern borders, reserved with four floral panels at the rim, the exterior covered with an attractive ruby enamel. 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清雍正 外胭脂紅釉内粉彩仕女童子圖薄胎盤一對 Provenance: Vandekar family collection, thence by descent (each bearing a label dated July 1946 to the reverse) Around 1720, a new opaque palette of overglaze colours was developed in China. The introduction of a new opaque white significantly expanded the range of colours available to potters. Some of the most technically accomplished fencai wares, as seen in the present lot, were produced during Emperor Yongzheng's reign. This type of dish, made from eggshell-thin porcelain, is known as ruby-back ware due to the pink colour on its exterior. See a similar famille rose ruby-back 'lady and boys' dish, in the collection of the British Museum, acc.no.388066001. See also a similar famille rose ruby-back 'lady and boys' dish, Yongzheng period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21st January 2016, lot 153. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing