A pair of lemon-yellow enamelled ogee saucers, Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 檸檬黃彩折腰小盤一對 《大清乾隆年製》款
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A pair of lemon-yellow enamelled ogee&nb🐬sp;sau✅cers,
Seal marks and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 檸檬黃彩折腰小盤一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
each delicately potted wit🃏h ogee sides rising from a short foot, the exterior applied wi𓄧th an even lemon-yellow enamel, the interior and base left white, the latter inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, wood stands
11.4 cm
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-80).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980,&ꦕnbsp;lo𝓡t 99.
仇焱之（1910-80年）收藏
香港蘇富比1980年11月25日，編號99
The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pl. 39.
《樂山堂藏瓷》，台北，2005年，圖版39
Chinese Art from the Ching Wan Society Collections,&n🌠bsp;Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1998, 🦩cat. no. 61.
《中華文物集粹：清翫雅集收藏展II》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1998年，編號61
Lemon-yellow enamel was a Yongzheng innovation, achieved when the antimoniate of iron was combined with tin oxide, resulting in an opaque yellow colour of vibrant hue. It was created at the enamelling workshops in Beijing, resulting from experiments with pigments imported by Jesuit missionaries, who worked alongside Chinese crꩲaftsmen in the palace workshops. The enamel was introduced to the potters of Jingdezhen around the time Tang Ying (1682-1756) was appointed Resident Manager of the imperial kiln factory in 1728. This pastel tone was particularly favoured by the Qianlong Emperor and was primarily used on small cups and dishes.
See a similar pair sold twice in these rooms, 30th April 1996, lot 390 and 9th October 2020, lot 104; another pair sold on 3r🔥d April 2019, lot 3661; another pair sold in our New York rooms, 18th March 2021, lot 157.
檸檬黃器，形🃏簡而色單，惟燒製不易，胎、釉、火必精熟，方🌸見成品，稍有微瑕，則前功盡棄。黃釉者，宮廷獨斷，以鐵著色，始燒於明初，至雍正一朝，以氧化銻入料，創檸檬黃釉，色澤純淨嬌嫩、均勻柔和，賞心悅目。
相類檸檬黃折腰盤例ಞ，可參考一對兩度售於香港蘇富比，分別為1996年4月30日，編號390，及2020年𝕴10月9日，編號104；另一對售於2019年4月3日，編號3661；以及一對售於紐約蘇富比2021年3月18日，編號157。