Lot Essay
A Yongzheng-marked doucai dish of this unusual pattern, but slightly smaller in size (20.6 cm.), is illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pls. 159 and 160. For similar dishes sold at auction, see the pair sold at Christie’s New York, 23 March 2012, lot 2034; the single example from the collection of Dr. James D. Thornton, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2810; and another identical dish, also from the family collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell, sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2018, lot 815.