Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, 30 October 2001, lot 802.
A pair of Yongzheng dishes of this striking form covered in yellow enamel is illustrated in The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1969, nos. A484 and 485; another pair of this type is in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, no. 709; a single dish is illustrated by R. E. Scott, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, A Guide to the Collection, London, 1989, pl. 97 (together with a range of monochrome wares); one from the Chang Foundation, Taibei, is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taiwan, 1990, pl. 129; one from the Constantinidi Collection is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1971, pl. XXXIX; and another included in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Monochrome-glaze Porcelain, 1981, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 27; and the pair to the present dish was sold in these Rooms, 30 October 2001, lot 803.
A pair of Yongzheng dishes of this striking form covered in yellow enamel is illustrated in The Baur Collection, vol. III, Geneva, 1969, nos. A484 and 485; another pair of this type is in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, no. 709; a single dish is illustrated by R. E. Scott, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, A Guide to the Collection, London, 1989, pl. 97 (together with a range of monochrome wares); one from the Chang Foundation, Taibei, is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taiwan, 1990, pl. 129; one from the Constantinidi Collection is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1971, pl. XXXIX; and another included in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Monochrome-glaze Porcelain, 1981, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 27; and the pair to the present dish was sold in these Rooms, 30 October 2001, lot 803.