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A FINE AND VERY RARE ANHUA-DECORATED CRIMSON-PINK INCISED DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG | "清雍正 胭脂紅彩劃如意紋盤 《大清雍正年製》款"
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
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1,800,000 - 2,200,000 HKD
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Property from an Important Asian Private Collection
A FINE AND VERY RARE ANHUA-DECORATED CRIMSON-PINK INCISED DISH
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
亞洲重要私人收藏
清雍正 胭脂紅彩劃如意紋盤
《大清雍正年製》款
delicately potted with shallow rounded sides gently flaring at the rim, the interior incised in anhua technique with five ruyi-shaped clouds around the well, applied overall with a rich ruby-red enamel of crushed-raspberry tone displaying a soft dimpled texture, the base left white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue
20.5 cm, 8 in.
Christie's Hong Kong, 1st May 1995, lot 907.
Christie's New York, 21st March 2014, lot 2188.
香港佳士得1995年5月1日，編號907
紐約佳士得2014年3月21日，編號2188
It is extremely rare to find a Yongzheng reign-marked dish of this vibrant brilliant colour incised with such skillful anhua decoration of clouds. A number of smaller Yongzheng reign-marked crimson-pink dish is recorded, but without anhua decoration, including a smaller one (20cm) illustrated in Qingdai yuyao Ciqi, vol. I, Part 2, Beijing, 2005, pp. 419-20, no. 196; one from the Meiyintang collection (14.7cm), illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 915, and sold in these rooms, 7th April 2011, lot 28. See also a pair from the Edward T. Hall collection, sold in these rooms 2nd May 2000, lot 547 and again 10th April 2006, lot 1625.
The pink enamel was probably first introduced in China from Europe through Jesuit missionaries during the Kangxi period (see Nigel Wood, Chinese Glazes, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 241-243). Numerous scientific experiments were conducted, resulting in an improved recipe of a matte ruby-pink enamel derived from colloidal gold combined with an admixture of opaque white lead arsenate. With the achievements of these technological advancement, an array of small refined vessels characterised by fine potting and perfectly fired enamels of bright hues were commissioned during the Yongzheng reign, including the current dish.