Lot Essay
For larger Yongzheng examples see Christie's, New York, December 3, 1992, lots 339 and 342
Details
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW-GROUND SAUCER DISH
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
The interior decorated with a beribboned lotus spray surrounded by leafy meander in the well bearing pairs of camellia, chrysanthemum and peach blossoms below a border of classic scroll, the exterior with a similar floral frieze between a border of key pattern at the rim and a narrow band of further classic scroll above the foot, the decorative borders under a pale green glaze, all reserved against a lemon-yellow ground, cracked, some restoration--4 7/8in. (18cm.) diam.
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
The interior decorated with a beribboned lotus spray surrounded by leafy meander in the well bearing pairs of camellia, chrysanthemum and peach blossoms below a border of classic scroll, the exterior with a similar floral frieze between a border of key pattern at the rim and a narrow band of further classic scroll above the foot, the decorative borders under a pale green glaze, all reserved against a lemon-yellow ground, cracked, some restoration--4 7/8in. (18cm.) diam.