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Lot Essay
This ‘lemon-yellow’ enamel is a pastel tone mixed with white to achieve opaqueness. Its tone was derived from lead stannate (lead and tin), which was almost exclusively used for small cups and dishes.
Compare to a pair of lemon yellow enamelled tea bowls, also with Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles, but slightly larger (9.2 cm. diam.), from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2024, lot 2702; compare also a slightly smaller pair of Yongzheng lemon-yellow tea bowls (7.3 cm. diam.), formerly in the E. T. Hall Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 267.
Compare to a pair of lemon yellow enamelled tea bowls, also with Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles, but slightly larger (9.2 cm. diam.), from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2024, lot 2702; compare also a slightly smaller pair of Yongzheng lemon-yellow tea bowls (7.3 cm. diam.), formerly in the E. T. Hall Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 7 June 2004, lot 267.