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2196 •2196
A YELLOW-GLAZED DISH
2197 JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE
58 PERIOD (1522-1566)

The dish has rounded sides that rise in a
curve to the everted rim, and is covered
inside and out with a glaze of rich egg yolk-
yellow color.
7æ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

Yellow-glazed dishes of this type with Jiajing
marks were made in various sizes, and several
of smaller size have been sold at Christie’s New
York: a single dish, 20 September 2005, lot 267
(6¿ in. diam.); a pair, 19 September 2007, lot
283 (7 in. diam.); and another pair, 22 March
2012, lot 1980 (64 in. diam.).

明嘉靖 黃釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款

2196 (mark)

•2197
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS POND’ BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The deep, rounded sides are decorated on
the exterior with a continuous scene of a
lotus pond, with water birds either wading in
the water or in fight above, the decoration
repeated in a medallion in the bottom of
the interior below a diaper band at the
rim. A four-character mark, Xinlin chunyan
(‘Spring banquet in the apricot grove’), is in
underglaze blue within a double circle on
the base.
8º in. (21 cm.) diam.

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
清康熙 青花蓮塘圖盌

2197 (mark)