Lot 3104. A rare yellow-glazed 'floral' dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 14.5 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's

thinly potted with gently rounded sides supported on a short foot, covered with an even egg-yolk yellow glaze stopping neatly at the foot, the exterior incised with a band of leafy scrolls bearing peony and chrysanthemum flowerheads, the base left white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Jack Steinberg, formed by R.W. Symonds.

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 collection of the Sir Joseph E. Hotung Family Trust, included in the exhibitions Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-Coloured Wares, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1992, cat. no. 17, and Recent Acquisitions, S. Marchant & Son, London, 2002, cat. no. 16.

Sotheby's. Marchant – Fifty Qing Imperial Porcelains, Hong Kong, 11 July 2020