YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE WHITE-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED DRAGON DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With rounded sides rising from a shallow tapering foot ring, decorated in low relief with a pair of confronted dragons with trifurcated tails forming a medallion in the center of the interior and with two more striding around the exterior, all under a milk-white glaze
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam., wood stand

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Lot Essay

Compare the virtually identical Yongzheng-marked dish of the same size in the Zhuyuetang Collection illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 81, no. 24. See, also, another virtually identical dish dated to the Yongzheng period illustrated by Xu Huping, Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 156.

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