A fine blue and white 'lança' dish, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Lot 3685. A fine blue and white 'lança' dish, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735), 17.7 cm, 7 in. Estimate 350,000 — 450,000 HKD. Lot sold 437,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
the shallow rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly flared rim, finely painted to the central interior with a stylised mandala formed from a petalled medallion enclosing combed waves surrounded by billowing ribbons and three-pronged vajra pointing to the cardinal directions, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the exterior with three rows of lança characters between double blue lines at the rim and foot, the slightly domed base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.
Provenance: A Japanese private collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9th October 2012, lot 3087.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2017