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The present pair of chrysanthemum dishes displays a mastery of A very similar doucai dish of identical design, Yongzheng mark and
the doucai technique, successfully rendered with the use of brightly period, but slightly smaller, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 6 April
coloured enamels of iron-red and yellow, together with soft tones 2016, lot 3623. A similar design of double chrysanthemum blossoms
of green enamel within underglaze blue outlines, providing a visually also adorned jars and covers; see a related pair of similarly decorated
appealing refined contrast, in accordance with the Yongzheng doucai jars and covers, Yongzheng marks and period, which was sold
Emperor’s discerning aesthetic taste. at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3209.

The design on the pair of dishes was inspired by Imperial ceramics A related design, but with the medallion enclosing three blossoms, was
made during the Chenghua period, particularly in the medallion also used on cups and bowls; see a pair of doucai ‘chrysanthemum’
scheme enclosing a double foliate chrysanthemum blossom, flanked bowls, Yongzheng marks and period, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain:
by foliate lotus sprays; compare a doucai ‘chrysanthemum and The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, p.142,
butterfly’ decorated jar and cover, Chenghua mark and period, from pl.100; and a pair of bowls which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of 2 December 2015, lot 3120; and see also a cup which was sold at
the treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 3195.
Contrasting Colours, Shanghai, 2007, no.166; see also a Chenghua-
period bowl illustrated in A Legacy of Chenghua: Imperial Porcelain
of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zhushan, Jingdezhen, Hong
Kong, 1993, pl.C119.

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