UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

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A PAIR OF SMALL AUBERGINE-GLAZED 'EMBLEMS' DISHES
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
Each with shallow rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior finely incised with the eight precious objects, bajixiang, covered in a rich brownish-purple glaze pooling darker in the decoration to emphasise the design
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

K. W. Woollcombe-Boyce Collection, no. 20
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 372 and 373

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Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992, p. 97, no. 45; and a pair was sold in our New York Rooms, 18 September 2003, lot 345.

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