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A RARE DOUCAI ‘BIRTHDAY’ DISH 清雍正 闘彩鶴壽延年圖盤
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG 《大清雍正年製》款
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within
a double circle
Diameter 8¼ in., 20.9 cm 來源
徐展堂 (1940-2010) 收藏
PROVENANCE 古慶堂，香港，2010年7月2日
Collection of T.T. Tsui (1940-2010). 出版
Orientique, Hong Kong, 2nd July 2010.
《徐氏藝術館：陶瓷IV，清代》，香港，1995年，
LITERATURE 編號133
The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty,
Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 133.
The present doucai ‘birthday’ dish of Yongzheng mark and
period is extremely rare and no other example seems to be
published, although Kangxi mark and period examples of
this type are known. The motifs adorning this dish brim with
auspicious meaning indicating it was clearly intended as a
birthday gift. The type is traditionally associated with the
large scale birthday celebrations for the Kangxi Emperor’s
60th birthday in 1713, and in anticipation of his 70th birthday
in 1723, had the Emperor not died unexpectedly a few
months before.
The closely related decoration and style of the present dish
to Kangxi mark and period ‘birthday’ dishes suggest that the
dish would have been produced during the very beginning of
Yongzheng’s reign as he ascended the throne following the
Kangxi Emperor. For a Kangxi mark and period example, see
one sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2022, lot 256.
$ 40,000-60,000

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