A Chinese Imperial porcelain aubergine-glazed small saucer dish

£1,000 - £1,500 £3,200

A Chinese Imperial porcelain aubergine-glazed small saucer dish, the centre delicately incised with two cranes beneath a pine tree and flanking a fungus, the reverse with bats and lingzhi clouds, the base with a six character Yongzheng mark and of the period 1723-35, a rim section well repaired, 13.2cm. Cf. McElney, Inaugural Exhibition, vol. I, no.203, p.257 for a related Yongzheng dish.