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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER ᪺㢫᢬ 㤎⩈ᇽᗌ⩈ڑ♄ല↲ːര 㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
DISHES
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YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
Each saucer is delicately decorated on the exterior with blossoming 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
branches of peonies, prunus and camellia. ⫭㐏⡩᲼⡿⎊卿⎊㞏ᵐᷪ卿㬪Ɽ⎉ⰰᲶ㪿ǯം೅ߎ⥾Ӳ⢑ᐙ៨
3 º in. (8.3 cm.) diam., box (2)
Ɽࢭஎᡪ卿⡵㪿㬱㙐卿ݯ⡠㱈৅㯸ׁࣿ཭⯝ᚺᎰࢇ໶⚨㶯ᆭ
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000 Ɽ៧ⶶ⵨ཎ┚⏟㯸卿ࣻ㇦Ƕᘢ༈Ꮀࢇ≢଍⠢㚁Ƿ卿झ࢈卿
ჺ卿எ 卿ἃईᎰࢇ≢଍㰍ᡟᆴ㮮Ԡ㫇᫈໶⚨⠢⤤৅㯸ǯ
PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18 May 1988, lot 173 ᫉㯸㫇᫈᪪ཎ┚ᥑݯ⧎㇦卿㗻իַۣ⒖औӬཌ卿 ჺ ᝲ
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 130 ᚚᙻ࢈՗⩎ᱡᐽ㐈ǯཨ༿㖅ഌǮ⡠㱈⏟֎⎏㫇᫈᪪׾ຽߺ⏟ཌ
The current pair of dishes is closely modelled after Chenghua 㖅അ卿ൈૃᇪ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿ࣿ㲞ᳰ
examples. Compare to two Chenhua doucai dishes of the ظߧ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ׾卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
same shape and almost identical size in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, painted with fruiting sprays on the exterior
and grapes on the interior, illustrated in Catalogue of the
Special Exhibition of Ch’eng-Hua Porcelain Ware, Taipei,
2003, nos. 182, 183. The painting on the current pair of
dishes is more realistic than that seen on the Chenghua
examples, reflecting the delicacy and subtlety characteristic
of Yongzheng porcelain with the use of soft brush strokes and
washed shades of cobalt-blue.
Very few other Yongzheng-marked dishes of this size and
design are known, only one other pair appears to be known,
which was sold at Beijing Hanhai, 10 December 2001, and
a pair was offered at Beijing Hanhai, 3 July 2000. Larger
Yongzheng-marked examples of this design measuring
approx. 20 cm. in diameter are more common, such as the
example sold at China Guardian, 21 November 2009, lot 1835,
and another example sold at Poly Hong Kong, 25 November
2012, lot 870.

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