QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN AN INCISED DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL WHITE-GLAZED INCISED DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN AN INCISED DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With shallow rounded sides, the interior incised with a ribbon-tied bouquet of lotus blossoms, leaves and pods, below composite foliate scroll in the cavetto and a band of classic scroll at the rim, the latter two repeated on the exterior above a key-fret border, all under a blue-tinged white glaze, the base unglazed
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) diam., box

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The design is a very conscious and careful attempt at reproducing the blue and white 'lotus bouquet' patterns found on early Ming dishes, and later copied during the Qing dynasty. It is quite rare to find a deliberate incised copy, rather than the more usual underglaze blue decoration. For an early Ming prototype, see the Xuande period dish in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Underglaze Blue and Red, Shanghai Museum, 1987, no. 135.

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