A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI 'LONGEVITY' DISHES

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

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A VERY RARE PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI 'LONGEVITY' DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Each dish is painted on the interior with a peach tree laden with eleven ripe fruits, its trunk twisted in the form of a stylized shou character growing between a rock and lingzhi, and on the exterior with three similar trees between blue ruyi arabesques.
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find Yongzheng-marked doucai dishes of this design. For a Qianlong-marked example, see the pair sold in our New York rooms, 2 June 1994, lot 342. For the Ming dynasty prototype of this design, see the Jiajing-marked wucai dish illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 19, no. 18.

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