YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF WHITE-GLAZED MOULDED 'DRAGON' DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES 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 centre of the interior and with two more striding around the exterior, all under a milk-white glaze, the underside base with the reign mark in underglaze-blue
8 1/8 in. (20.8 cm.) diam., boxes (2)

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Lot Essay

Compare an almost 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 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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