FOUR SMALL LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELLED SAUCERS

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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FOUR SMALL LEMON-YELLOW-ENAMELLED SAUCERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The saucers are modelled with rounded sides and supported on a slightly splayed foot. They are covered to the exterior and interior with a bright lemon-yellow enamel and the bases are applied with a transparent glaze.
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private English Collection, formerly in a private collection in France, most of which was purchased in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A pair of lemon-yellow dishes with Qianlong seal marks was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3308. Another pair from the E.T. Hall Collection was sold at Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 271. Another pair was sold at Christie's Paris, 15 June 2004, lot 191. A single example is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 143.
Compare with another type of Qianlong lemon-yellow enamelled dishes of ogee-form and of a slightly larger size (11.5 cm. diam.), with the interior and base covered with a transparent glaze. A pair of this type was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1804.

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