Lot Essay
A chrysanthemum dish of similar color and size, but with a Qianlong mark on the base, is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 245, no. 916.
Chrysanthemum-shaped dishes with Yongzheng marks were made in a series of twelve colors, of which this is one. A complete set in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 282-83, no. 257. A group of variously colored chrysanthemum dishes from the Yongzheng to the Qianlong periods is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva, vol. 3, 1972, nos. A496-A500.
Chrysanthemum-shaped dishes with Yongzheng marks were made in a series of twelve colors, of which this is one. A complete set in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 282-83, no. 257. A group of variously colored chrysanthemum dishes from the Yongzheng to the Qianlong periods is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva, vol. 3, 1972, nos. A496-A500.