Live Auction 2196Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Lot 386PROPERTY FROM A NORTH-AMERICAN CHINESE FAMILY COLLECTION, FORMED DURING THE LATE QING DYNASTY

A RARE DOUCAI MOLDED MALLOW-FORM DISH

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

Closed15 September 2009

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A RARE DOUCAI MOLDED MALLOW-FORM DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With gently rounded sides molded as eight petals radiating from a shou character in the center to the shaped rim, the petals painted with a dense pattern of scrolling green tendrils bearing lingzhi and smaller shou characters, this pattern reinterpreted in a narrow band on the otherwise white exterior
8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm.) diam., box

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners, Whampoa, Guangdong, circa 1890-1920s, thence by descent within the family.

Specialist note

While Yongzheng period dishes of this form are known, those in the doucai palette appear to be quite rare. Compare the Yongzheng mark and period yellow-glazed mallow-form dish of slightly larger size (27.7 cm.) in the Zhuyuetang Collection, illustrated in Shimmering Colors: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 200-1, no. 125.