A pair of Chinese blue-glazed dishes

Qianlong period

With four-character Jing Wei Tang mark to underside of each. (2).

H: 1, Dia: 4 1/4 in. (H: 2.54, Dia: 10.80 cm.)

Provenance: Collection of Mr. Shimer, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most of the items were acquired in various cities in the United States in the 1980's and 1990's.

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Jing Wei Tang monochrome glazed wares are exceptional, and this pair of plates are no exception. This well-shaped pair of plates feature a white-glaze interior and an exterior in a vibrant blue glaze. The glazing is even and clear, with the blue as deep as the ocean, emanating a solemn feeling. The bottoms of both plates feature a Jingweitang Zhi hall mark in underglaze blue within double squares - a marking style observed on a prolific volume of imperial-made artifacts of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Qing emperors admired scholarly principles and tended to name imperial halls with scholarly terms. Jingweitang was one of the imperial halls during the Qianlong period, and artifacts commissioned under its name bare the Jingweitang Zhi hall mark.

The British Museum, No. PDF,A.568;

Beijing Hanhai, Fall 2010, Lot 3068; Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2016, Lot 831; Christies, New York, September 2014, lot 893; Christie's, Hong Kong, October 2018, Lot 003.

此盤盤形周正，內壁施白釉，外壁施以祭藍釉，釉面勻淨透徹，釉色純正凝厚，其藍恰如深海，予人深邃莊重之感。底部爲 “敬畏堂制”四字青花雙方框楷書款。康、雍、乾三朝官窯精緻器物多用此落款形式。因清代皇帝好講理學，故內廷和親王的堂名多用理學名詞命名，如康熙朝有“拙存齋”、“紹聞堂”。而“敬畏堂制”器物則是雍正、乾隆年間“親貴諸王”所定燒，以單色釉取勝。本件作品器型規整，祭藍釉純淨濃厚，落款又爲乾隆時期著名的堂名款，應是乾隆御窯的精品小件。

參閱大英博物館-編號-PDF,A.568；參閱北京瀚海拍賣2010年秋拍-編號-3068；參閱蘇富比拍賣2016年香港拍賣-編號-831；參閱2014年09月紐約拍賣-編號-893；參閱佳士得2018年10月香港拍賣-編號-003

Overall good condition. One with a spot of iron pitting. Each with a small chip to the foot.