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YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A FINE AND VERY RARE CARVED COPPER-RED-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ MEIPING
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, box
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Collection of Mary J. Morgan (1823–1885), New York
Sold at The American Art Association, New York, The Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan, 9 March 1886, lot 538 (fig. 1)
Sold at Christie’s New York, 28 March 1996, lot 385
Sold at The American Art Association, New York, The Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan, 9 March 1886, lot 538 (fig. 1)
Sold at Christie’s New York, 28 March 1996, lot 385
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. 76-77, no. 24
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, London, 2021, pp. 252-253, no. 96
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, London, 2021, pp. 252-253, no. 96
Exhibited
New York, The American Art Galleries, The Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan, 12 February- 3 March 1886
On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020
London, Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, 15 October-11 December 2021
On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-2020
London, Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, 15 October-11 December 2021
Further details
A nearly identical example with a Yongzheng mark has appeared at auction, formerly in the collection of Stephen Junkunc III (d. 1978), was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 September 1995, lot 225 (fig. 2). Another related meiping bearing a Yongzheng mark, whose shape closely follows the Ming dynasty prototypes and is more similar to the one preserved in Taipei National Palace Museum, formerly in the collection of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge and The British Rail Pension Fund, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 602.
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Chi Fan Tsang (曾志芬)
Deputy Chairman, Asia Pacific International Director
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