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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
1837
A VERY RARE PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED 'LINGZHI'
DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-
1735)
Each dish is thinly potted with rounded sides, and incised on the
interior with a roundel enclosing four lingzhi borne on a scrolling stem,
repeated as a frieze on the exterior, all under a glaze of attractive, soft
sea-green tone that stops at the white rim and also covers the base.
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) diam. (2)
$45,000-55,000
PROVENANCE:
Gump's, San Francisco, by repute.
Collection of Andrew N. Jergens (1881-1967), Cincinnati, Ohio.
The lingzhi fungus is a popular motif in Chinese art, signifying
longevity. Considered the food of the immortals, it is also a wish-
granting symbol whose form is related to the ruyi scepter. A similar (reverse of one)
Yongzheng-marked dish is illustrated by I. L. Legeza in Malcolm
MacDonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum
of Oriental Art and Archaeology School of Oriental Studies University of
Durham, London, 1972, pl. XXXVII, no. 115. See, also, the Yongzheng-
marked celadon-glazed dish of comparable size with similar lingzhi
design on the exterior, but the interior and base left white, sold in
Marchant – Fifty Qing Imperial Porcelains, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 11
July 2020, lot 3101.
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