A RARE BLUE-GLAZED SAUCER DISH
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Finely potted with curving sides rising from a short slightly inward-tapering foot, the interior and exterior covered in a rich monochrome blue glaze thinning to white on the mouth rim, the base glazed white. 16cm (6 1/4in) diam.
Footnotes:
清乾隆 霽藍釉盤
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance: John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.72

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 16 April-20 June 2009, no.197 (label). John E. Bodie loaned 8 pieces to this exhibition.

來源：大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號72

展覽著錄：東方陶瓷學會，《The World in Monochromes》, 2009年4月16日-6月20日，編號197（據標籤）。John E. Bodie曾借展8件藏品給此展覽。

A similar blue-glazed dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, in the Zhuyuetang Collection, is illustrated in A Millenium of Monochromes, Geneva, 2019, p.246, no.103a-b.

Compare with a very similar blue-glazed dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2022, lot 347.

U-shaped restored area on the rim, approx 4x4cm, with associated vertical hairline crack, approx 4cm long.