Lot 2706. From the Wang Xing Lou Collection. A fine pair of small wucai ‘flower’ dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 11,4 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 1,638,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2024

Literature: Ye Peilan and J. Thompson, Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi- Yongzheng- Qianlong, A Selection from The Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pp. 92-93, no. 30.

Exhibited: On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020

Note: The floral pattern on the current lot appears on dishes of various sizes. Compare to two larger pairs of dishes (27 cm. diam.), one is in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession no. 673-1907; another is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, The Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1990, pp.308-309, no. 135.

Compare to another related Yongzheng mark and period wucai 'floral' dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p.77, no. 42.

Christie's. The Ten Perfections - Qing Imperial Ceramics from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 30 may 2024