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A FINE AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED CHARGER
Lot 1586THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN GENTLEMAN

A FINE AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED CHARGER

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A FINE AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED CHARGER
QIANLONG PERIOD, XUHUATANG ZHI HALLMARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-SQUARE (1736-1795)

The dish has shallow rounded sides, raised on a slightly tapered ring foot, well moulded on the central medallion with a single large peony borne on a stem bearing jagged-edged leaves and a small bud, the rim with a key-fret band, all covered in an attractive pastel green glaze, the base with the hallmark, Xuhuatang zhi, 'Made for the Hall of the Bright Rising Sun', inscribed in underglaze-blue
18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) diam., box

Specialist note

Previously sold in these Rooms, 30 April 2001, lot 697.

No other ceramic bearing the Xuhuatang zhi hallmark appears to have been published, although a vessel inscribed with the four-character mark Xuhuatang cang, 'Treasure from the Hall of the Bright Rising Sun', has been published and dated to the Qianlong period by Geng Baochang; see Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Ming and Qing Porcelain on Inspection, 1993, p. 348, pl. 5.