UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

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A PAIR OF CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED SAUCERS
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
Each with shallow rounded sides rising to a flaring rim from a short foot, covered with a thin pale blue glaze thinning to a white rim and stopping neatly around the foot, the base glazed white
5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

One with K. W. W-B Collection label, no. 116
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 66 and 67

Exhibited

Oriental Ceramics Society Exhibition, 1948, nos. 39 and 136

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Sale room notice

Please note that the marks of the dishes are written within double squares.

Lot Essay

A pair of dishes of this size with similar Yongzheng marks and covered with what is described as a pale cobalt-blue glaze in the Percival David Foundation is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, London, 1973, section 6, nos. B560 and 561. A similar pair was sold in our New York Rooms, 24 March 2004, lot 244

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