YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

Details

a fine doucai vase, meiping
Yongzheng six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1723-35)
The body finely painted and enamelled with four floral medallions centering shou characters, the shoulder with a collar of demi- florettes and ruyi lappets, the base with stylised pomegranate panels enclosing lotus
8 in. (20 cm.) high

Provenance

W.W. Winkworth Collection, sold in London 12 December 1972, lot 121
Sold in Hong Kong, 12 May 1976, lot 356
The British Rail Pension Fund, sold in Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 68

Literature

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Twenty Years, 1993, no. 234

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Yongzheng meiping vases with doucai decoration are very rare. A considerably larger example with dragon and phoenix decoration is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in the complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains in Polychrome and Constrasting colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 237. A slightly larger meiping, also in Beijing and illustrated in the same volume, no. 225, is decorated with floral scrolls and sprays. The depiction of the linear scrolling bands on the latter vase share similarities of style with those on the current vase. These two meiping also share a more restrained use of colour, typical of the finest Yongzheng doucai porcelains.

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