清雍正 胭脂紫釉菊瓣盤 雙圈六字楷書款YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)清雍正 胭脂紫釉菊瓣盤 雙圈六字楷書款6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) diam.Chrysanthemum-form dishes, reviving a Song dynasty lacquer shape, were produced in twelve different colours during the Yongzheng period. A complete set of twelve chrysanthemum dishes with Yongzheng marks is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 257. Six are illustrated by Feng Xianming, Wenwu, 1984, p. 37, no. 10, where the author noted that a decree issued in the eleventh year of Yongzheng (corresponding to 1733) instructed Nian Xiyao, Minister of the Imperial Household, to send 'the twelve colours of chrysanthemum dishes, one of each colour, for the inspection of the permanent guardian of the treasury and chief eunuch Samuha.' The decree further mentions 'fourty pieces to be fired of every type according to the samples.' Yongzheng chrysanthemum dishes in ruby-purple enamel are extremely rare. A similar Yongzheng-marked dish in this colour from the H. M. Knight collection was sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 May 1970, lot 90, and another from the Hall Family Collection, dated to Yongzheng-early Qianlong period, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 550. For other Yongzheng-marked chrysanthemum dishes sold at auctions, see one in café-au-lait, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3215, two from J. J. Lally & Co., sold at Christie’s New York, 23 March 2023, one in powder-blue enamel, lot 911, the other in purple enamel, lot 912.Details A VERY RARE RUBY-PURPLE ENAMELLED CHRYSANTHEMUM DISHYONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)The dish has rounded sides that are moulded as chrysanthemum petals rising from the foot ring with corresponding notches to the scalloped rim. It is covered overall with a ruby-purple enamel that surrounds the circular reserve for the mark on the base.6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) diam. Provenance Property of a European Gentleman Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2008, lot 1484 Eskenazi Ltd, London The Meiyintang Collection Literature A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 339, pl. 406 Conditions of sale