2 mai 2022
A fine claire-de-lune-glazed saucer dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Lot 3501. A fine claire-de-lune-glazed saucer dish, Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 13.2 cm. Lot sold 1,260,000 HKD (Estimate : 400,000 - 600,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th November 1975, lot 130 (one of a pair).
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 25th November 1975, no. 6776 (one of a pair).
Sotheby's London, 7th November 2012, lot 272 (one of a pair).
Exhibited: Imperial Chinese Porcelain, Ceramics and Works of Art, Marchant, London, 2013, cat. no. 27 (one of a pair).
Note: It is rare to find a Yongzheng reign-marked claire-de-lune dish preserved in such pristine condition. Compare a pair of similar dishes from the Zhuyuetang Collection, included in the exhibition Shimmering Colours. Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods: The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 72. The pair to this dish was sold at Christie’s New York, 14th September 2017, lot 743.
Sotheby's. Marchant II – Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022
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