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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
1801
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 The lingzhi fungus is a popular motif in Chinese art, signifying longevity.
roundel enclosing four lingzhi borne on a scrolling stem, repeated as a frieze on Considered the food of the immortals, it is also a wish-granting symbol
the exterior, all under a glaze of attractive, soft sea-green tone that stops at the whose form is related to the ruyi scepter. A similar Yongzheng-marked dish
white rim and also covers the base. is illustrated by I. L. Legeza in Malcolm MacDonald Collection of Chinese
Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology School
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) diam.
of Oriental Studies University of Durham, London, 1972, pl. XXXVII, no. 115.
(2)
$60,000-80,000 清雍正 豆青釉刻靈芝紋盤一對 雙圈六字楷書款
PROVENANCE
Gump’s, San Francisco, by repute.
Collection of Andrew N. Jergens (1881-1967), Cincinnati, Ohio.
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