Lot Essay
J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 161, suggests that the decoration and glaze may have been inspired by Yingqing wares of late Song or Yuan date.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
A FINE AND RARE PALE CELADON-GLAZED CARVED DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A FINE AND RARE PALE CELADON-GLAZED CARVED DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The rounded sides flaring slightly towards the rim, the interior carved with two phoenixes in flight between peony sprigs, with a plain circular medallion in the center and a band of key fret at the rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of very pale blue-green tone
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The rounded sides flaring slightly towards the rim, the interior carved with two phoenixes in flight between peony sprigs, with a plain circular medallion in the center and a band of key fret at the rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of very pale blue-green tone
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York.
Literature
J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 161, no. 133.