A FINE PAIR OF LEMON-YELLOW SAUCER DISHES MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

each thinly potted with a slightly recessed centre, the shallow rounded translucent sides rising from a wide tapered foot, the exterior covered with an even, bright lemon-yellow enamel, the interiors and the base reserved in white, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double ring in underglaze blue

Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection/Evolution vers la perfection. Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Meiyintang, Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, cat. no. 192.

Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2000, vol. 2, no. 910.

Both saucers are in overall very good condition. One has some very minor original fritting to the rim in one area with tiny specks in the glaze underneath. The actual colour of the dishes are much closer to lemon yellow as opposed to the catalogue illustration.
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This pair of dishes is remarkable for its large size which is very unusual to find with this lemon-yellow enamel rather than the so-called ‘imperial-yellow’ glaze. Lemon-yellow dishes are usually smaller and come with square reign marks; compare a dish from the collection of H.M. Knight and K.W. Woollcombe-Boyce, sold in our New York rooms, 23rd September 1997, lot 304 and again at Christie’s London, 16th November 1998, lot 235.