A Coral Red-Glazed 'Lingzhi' Dish Mark and Period of Yongzheng

delicately potted with rounded sides resting on a slightly tapered foot, the interior decorated with a medallion enclosing an iron-red sprig issuing delicate leaves and eight lingzhi blossoms, all within an underglaze-blue double-line border around the medallion and repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with an iron-red leafy meandering lingzhi scroll below an underglaze-blue double-line bordering the rim, the foot with a key-fret band, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark

Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1977, cat. no. 78.

The mouthrim has a hairline crack of approximately 1.8 cm. There are also some mild yellowing to a few areas at the mouth and the footring, probably due to a few burst air bubbles and minor fritting.
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