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

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A FINE AND RARE CARVED CELADON-GLAZED DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With rounded sides rising from a tapering foot, the exterior is finely carved with bats in flight above a continuous band of waves crashing onto rocks around the base, with a keyfret border below the mouth rim. The dish is under a thin translucent pale green glaze stopping neatly around the foot with the exception of the base which is covered in a clear glaze.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

The Glatz Collection, London, 1977
Acquired from a private collection, Milan

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Lot Essay

A very similar example but with a ridge below the mouth rim instead of a keyfret border was sold at Sotheby's London, 11 June 1991, lot 237. Another example but without bats is illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, p. 100, no. 59.

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