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5 novembre 2011

A rare brown-glazed 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)

A rare brown-glazed 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)

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Lot 72. A rare brown-glazed 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735); 17.7cm., 7in. Estimate 100,000-150,000 GBP. Lot sold 169,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides finely moulded with forty-four fluted petals radiating from a slightly sunken well to form a foliate rim, correspondingly lobed on the exterior and continuing to the splayed foot, applied overall with a fine golden brown glaze displaying an iridescent sheen and satin texture, leaving the base glazed white, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London.

The Cartwright collection of Qing monochrome wares

Note: This perfectly formed dish is notable for the iridescent sheen of the brown glaze and the delicately formed petals. A closely related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, was included in the exhibition  China. Three Emperors 1644-1975 , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, cat. no. 172 (top centre); one from the Sir Percival David collection, now in the British Museum, is published in Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art , London, 1973, pl. B597; another was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 95; and a fourth example in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, is illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 180 (far left). See also a dish published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2010, pl. 1831; and another from the H.M. Knight and Hall Family collections, sold twice in our Hong Kong rooms and most recently at Christie's New York, 21st September 2004, lot 305.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 09 Nov 2011

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