Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 11
A RARE AND FINE CHINESE IMPERIAL AGATE CHRYSANTHEMUM-SHAPED DISH INCISED FOUR CHARACTER YONGZHENG...
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £75000
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Description
A RARE AND FINE CHINESE IMPERIAL AGATE CHRYSANTHEMUM-SHAPED DISH
INCISED FOUR CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35
The lobed shallow body raised on a short ring foot, with six petals radiating from the centre to a gently-flaring rim, the honey-coloured stone with meandering reddish inclusions, 12.5cm.
Provenance: Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing c.1890, and thence by descent.
Cf. The National Palace Museum, Harmony and Integrity, The Yongzheng Emperor and His Times, pp.235-245, where other examples of marked agate vessels are illustrated; see particularly p.237, no.11-63 for a dish of similar form. See also Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2014, lot 3774 for a related bowl.