Lot 2810
2810
A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ DISH
A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ DISH
A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ DISH
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A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ DISH

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI ‘DAOIST IMMORTALS’ DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is decorated with a scene depicting Xi Wangmu, the Daoist Queen Mother of the West and the Three Star Gods borne on iron-red clouds above stylised waves, arriving at the mythical palace of the Isles of the Blessed, the terraced pavilion emerging from multi-coloured clouds and with two cranes in flight to one side, all in a central medallion, within double-line borders repeated at the rim, the underside with bats and clouds in iron red amidst green-enamelled waves outlined in underglaze blue interspersed with two large blue rocks.
8 3/8 in. (21.1 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Avery Brundage (by repute)
Moy Ying Ming Gallery, Chicago, acquired in 1969
Exhibited
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, 1984-2017

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Lot Essay

Compare to other Yongzheng-marked dishes of this unusual pattern in museums and private collections worldwide, including one illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pls. 159 and 160; one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by W. B. Honey, Chinese Porcelain, London, 1927, no. 86a; one illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu - 15 Qing, Shogakukan, Tokyo, 1983, p. 174, no. 191; one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 September 1997, lot 359; one sold at China Guardian, 15 May 2006, lot 1976; and a pair sold at Christie’s New York, 23 March 2012, lot 2034.

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