A LARGE RARE YELLOW-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND MOLDED SAUCER DISH

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A LARGE RARE YELLOW-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND MOLDED SAUCER DISH
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

Decorated in the center and the sides of the interior and exterior with blossoming branches of gardenia, the thin veins of the flowers and leaves executed in slip, all reserved in lemon yellow on a soft, dark blue ground, and within narrow white line borders (some wear)
13 3/16in. (33.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A dish of this design in the Tokyo National Museum is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, p. 69, no. 77. And another is illustrated by John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, fig. 208. See, also, Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 192-193, no. 844, for a similar dish which is illustrated with a blue and white dish of the same design. The author suggests that this kind of dish may be based on Ming prototypes with blue flowers on a yellow ground, and white flowers on blue

A very similar dish was sold in these rooms, December 2, 1989, lot 371, along with its blue and white counterpart, lot 370