A DOUCAI 'BIRTHDAY' SAUCER DISH
A DOUCAI 'BIRTHDAY' SAUCER DISH

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A DOUCAI 'BIRTHDAY' SAUCER DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With shallow rounded sides, the interior finely painted with five iron-red bats (wufu) flying around a fruiting peach tree growing from the side of a cliff that overhangs a blue rock rising from breaking green waves, the exterior with pairs of bats alternating with four fruiting branches, each incorporating a shou medallion, all within double blue line borders
6 1/16 in. (15.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1949-1959.

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Lot Essay

A similar Yongzheng dish of the same size is illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1986, pl. 86. Another in the Shanghai Museum of Art is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Hu, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 48.
The auspicious scene depicted on the interior invokes the traditional Chinese birthday greeting: 'May your happiness be as deep as the Eastern Sea, and may you live to be as old as the Southern Mountains.' Another Yongzheng period dish of this type was sold in these rooms, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1548.

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