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Lot Essay
Similar examples to this dish include, a larger example from the H. M. Knight and Jingguantang Collections, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 569; an example from the T. Y. Chao Family Foundation, was exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain, 1978, and is illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 46; another from the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D. C., is illustrated by M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 167, fig. 231; one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 1999, lot 672; and another at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 November 2004, lot 1140.
An element of archaistic interest is evident in the present dish in that the glaze resembles pale celadon Longquan glazes of the 12th and 13th Centuries. It is known that reproduction of Longquan glazes was indeed on Tang Ying's 'List of Porcelains Supplied to the Court' of 1729. For a possible prototype of the present dish, compare with a Longquan celadon 'dragon' charger included in the same sale as lot 3020.
An element of archaistic interest is evident in the present dish in that the glaze resembles pale celadon Longquan glazes of the 12th and 13th Centuries. It is known that reproduction of Longquan glazes was indeed on Tang Ying's 'List of Porcelains Supplied to the Court' of 1729. For a possible prototype of the present dish, compare with a Longquan celadon 'dragon' charger included in the same sale as lot 3020.