A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED DRAGON AND PHOENIX DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED DRAGON AND PHOENIX DISHES
Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735)
Each finely potted with shallow rounded sides, incised on the interior with a shou character encircled by a dragon and a phoenix within a double line border, and on the exterior with the bajixiang, each ribbon-tied and supported by a flower sprig, covered overall with a glaze of lemon-yellow tone
5½in. (14.1cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc III.
Lot Essay
A dish of this size and pattern in the Ohlmer Collection, Roemer Museum, Hildesheim, Germany is illustrated in Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, no. 103.