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Lot Essay
Compare the Yongzheng-marked dish of the same size and usual shape, with exterior sides encircled by a subtle bow-string band, but covered with a dark blue glaze, sold at Sotheby's London, 11 May 2011.
Stoutly potted dishes of this type were intended to serve as trays for small flower jardinières or flower pots. See, for example, the Yonzheng-marked teadust-glazed jardinière and stand sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 274. See, also, the Yongzheng-marked red-glazed flower pot and tray illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-Hsi, Yung-Cheng and Ch'ien-Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 72, no. 35.
Stoutly potted dishes of this type were intended to serve as trays for small flower jardinières or flower pots. See, for example, the Yonzheng-marked teadust-glazed jardinière and stand sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 274. See, also, the Yongzheng-marked red-glazed flower pot and tray illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-Hsi, Yung-Cheng and Ch'ien-Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 72, no. 35.