17 avril 2020
A pair of aubergine-glazed 'Bajixiang' incised dishes, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Lot 3606. A pair of aubergine-glazed 'Bajixiang' incised dishes, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 11.5 cm., 4 1/2 in. Estimate 280,000 — 320,000 HKD . Lot sold 350,000 HKD . © Sotheby's.
each potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly flared rim, finely incised around the exterior with beribboned bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems'), applied overall with a translucent aubergine glaze, the countersunk base reserved in white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th April 1998, lot 756.
Note: A pair of Yongzheng dishes of this size and pattern in the Percival David Foundation, London, is included in the Foundation's Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome, 1973, nos. B585 and 586; another pair is illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, vol. III, 1972, nos. A476 and 477, where it is mentioned that dishes of this type are included in the list of porcelain supplied to the court, compiled by Tang Ying in 1729; and a third pair from the collection of Henry Goldschmidt was sold in these rooms, 13th November, 1990, lot 69. Other dishes are, for example, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum's special exhibition Qingdai Danseyou Ciqi, 1981, cat. no. 45; and in Hong Kong, exhibited at the Min Chiu Society exhibtion Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 31.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 October 2014
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