Lot 2706
2706
A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH
A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH
A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH
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THE WANG XING LOU COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL QING DYNASTY PORCELAIN
A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH

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

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A FINE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The finely potted small dish is decorated to the exterior depicting pomegranate branches bearing fruits growing from pierced garden rocks on one side, the other side with two fluttering butterflies.
3 1⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired circa 1990
Literature
Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 48, no. 11
Exhibited
On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1998 - 2020

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Lot Essay

The unusually small size and the plain interior of the present dish suggests this could have been used at the table for sauce or condiments. Dishes of this size first appeared among the doucai and blue and white decorated Imperial wares during the Chenghua period (1465-1487). Described by Gu Tai in the late Ming publication Bowu Yaolan (Important Criteria for Studying Ancient Objects) as chopstick rests, those Chenghua examples would have additional decoration to the interior.

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