Lot 19. Property from an important European collection. A rare pair of incised yellow-glazed saucer dishes, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 11.3 cm. Lot Sold 689,500 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2024

each with shallow and gently curved sides rising from a short foot, finely incised around the exterior with a composite floral scroll, covered overall in an even yellow glaze, the base left white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Acquired from Edward T. Chow (1910-80) in the late 1960s.

Note: A similar example is illustrated in Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, pl. 1. See also a pair of smaller dishes, formerly in the collections of the Sir Joseph E. Hotung Family Trust, included in the exhibitions Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Tw-Coloured Wares, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1992, cat. no. 17; and another dish from the collections of Mr and Mrs Jack Steinberg and Marchant, sold in these rooms, 10th July 2020, lot 3014.

Sotheby's. An Important European Collection of Chinese Ceramics - Acquired from Edward T. Chow, Hong Kong, 9 April 2024.