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

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A PAIR OF PALE BLUE-GLAZED DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each dish has shallow, rounded sides flaring to a slightly everted rim. The exteriors are covered with a glaze of sky-blue color in contrast to the white rim and interior.
6 5/16 in. (16 cm.) diam., stands (2)

Provenance

Acquired in New York in the early 20th century.

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Lot Essay

A similarly sized Yongzheng dish with lavender-blue glaze and identical mark is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing periods in the Zhuyuentang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 141, no. 73. Compare, also, a pair of Yongzheng dishes, of slightly smaller size, covered with what is described as a pale cobalt-blue glaze, in the Percival David Foundation, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochromes, London, 1973, section 6, nos. B 560 and 561.

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