The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 107. A fine incised aubergine-glazed saucer dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); d. 11.4 cm. Lot sold: 378,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

delicately potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a straight foot, finely incised on the exterior with six fruiting pomegranates borne on a continuous undulating foliate scroll, applied overall with a translucent soft aubergine glaze of purplish-grey tone and displaying a slightly iridescent sheen, the white base inscribed with a six-character mark within a double circle.

Provenance: The Hall Family Collection, coll. no. 374.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 531.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2000.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022