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          THE PROPERTY OF A LADY                              THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
          ⱷ996                                                ⱷ997
          A PAIR OF LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELED DEEP DISHES         A TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, FANGHU
          YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES   QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE
          AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)                       PERIOD (1736-1795)
          Each dish with shallow, rounded sides and slightly everted mouth rim, and   Of faceted pear shape, the vase is molded in low relief on the two broad
          raised on a short straight foot, is covered on the exterior with an even lemon-  sides with large peach-shaped panels and the neck with indented corners is
          yellow enamel.                                      flanked by a pair of rectangular lug handles. The vase is covered overall in an
          4º in. (10.7 cm.) diam.                             even olive-green glaze with fine gold speckling which also covers the base
                                                              surrounding the mark which is covered with a brown glaze, and the foot is
                                                              covered with a blackish-brown wash.
          $50,000-70,000
                                                              12 in. (30.2 cm.) high
          A pair of similar small Yongzheng-marked lemon-yellow enameled dishes
          was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2014, lot 359, and another pair was   $120,000-180,000
          sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3287. Also compare
          the current dishes with a pair of dishes in the Percival David Foundation,   During the Qianlong period, vases of this shape were made with various
          London, illustrated by M. Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing   monochrome glazes. Some of the other monochrome glazes include a Ge-
          Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1973,   type glaze, as seen on a vase illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu
          nos. B543-B544.                                     Collection, Japan, 1987, no. 960; a flambé glaze found on two vases sold
                                                              at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2279 and 1 June 2011, lot 3716;
                                                              and a Ru-type glaze on a larger vase (16Ω2 in. high), also sold at Christie's
          女史珍藏
                                                              Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3203. A teadust-glazed vase of this form and
          清雍正 檸檬黃彩小盤一對 雙圈六字楷書款                                of comparable size (12¿ in. high) was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June
                                                              2011, lot 3708, and another teadust-glazed example from the Studio of Clear
                                                              Garden collection was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2018, lot 609.

                                                              女史珍藏
                                                              清乾隆 茶葉末釉方壺 六字篆書刻款






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