Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723 – 1735)
of deep rounded form with flaring sides, decorated on the exterior with an overall pattern of lotus scroll, the delicately penciled stems bearing eight large stylized lotus blossoms amidst numerous spiky leaves, resting on a small ring foot enclosing the recessed base inscribed in underglaze-blue with the six character reign mark within a double ring.
Diameter 5 11⁄16 inches (14.5 cm)
Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art, Jades and Jade Jewellery, 19 November 1986, lot 237
An iron-red decorated porcelain saucer dish with closely related lotus scroll pattern in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco is illustrated by He, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p. 298, pl. 624.
雍正 「大清雍正年製」款 礬紅蓮紋碗 徑 14.5 厘米
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Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723 – 1735)
Diameter 5 11⁄16 inches (14.5 cm)