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Lot Essay
Both peaches and cranes have traditionally been associated with Daoism and longevity. In mythology, the goddess Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the Western Paradise) owned a vast peach orchard, and it was said that anyone who ate the fruit would become immortal. As such, peaches and cranes are considered sacred and auspicious, and when used as a decorative motif, convey wishes for longevity and good fortune. Vessels decorated with luxuriant peach branches were very popular in the Qing dynasty, and might have been commissioned as birthday gifts or as a form of commemoration for an imperial birthday.
Compare to a few other Yongzheng-marked dishes decorated with same pattern and palette, one was exhibited at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Joined Colors, Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 61, and subsequently sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1997, lot 58; another was in the Goldschmidt Collection, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 36; one was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3145; and a pair was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 3108 (fig. 1).
Compare also to two slightly larger Yongzheng-marked dishes decorated with the same pattern but are only in underglaze blue, one is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection number guci-008899 (fig. 2); and the other is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: gu00158543.
Compare to a few other Yongzheng-marked dishes decorated with same pattern and palette, one was exhibited at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Joined Colors, Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 61, and subsequently sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1997, lot 58; another was in the Goldschmidt Collection, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 36; one was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3145; and a pair was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 3108 (fig. 1).
Compare also to two slightly larger Yongzheng-marked dishes decorated with the same pattern but are only in underglaze blue, one is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, collection number guci-008899 (fig. 2); and the other is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: gu00158543.