A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEACH' DISH Mark and Period of Yongzheng

supported on a slightly tapered foot rounding at the sides to a flared rim, the interior painted in deep purplish-tones of cobalt-blue with two branches laden with plump peaches issuing from delicate leafy stem, exterior sides painted with a meandering scroll of morning glory, its tendrils further issuing large trefoil leaves, all enclosed within double-line borders repeated at the rims

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31st October 2004, lot 176.

The interior medallion has some wear to the glaze. The overall condition is otherwise very good with brilliant tones of cobalt blue.
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A similar dish was sold in our New York rooms, 8^th November 1980, lot 183; and another in our London rooms, 13^th December 1983, lot 301. Compare also a Yongzheng dish in the Percival David Foundation, London, with the same decoration on a yellow enamel ground illustrated in The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 247; and another sold at Christie's London, 14^th July 1980, lot 243.

The painting style of the peaches on this dish is closely related to that found on the famous Yongzheng peach vase, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Wang Qingzheng, Underglaze Blue and Red, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 175.