Lot 94 , An unusual Chinese underglaze copper red celadon ground dish or brushwasher, 19th century

An unusual Chinese underglaze copper red celadon ground dish or brushwasher, 19th century, the central roundel painted in underglaze copper red on a white slip ground with a scene of the scholar Dongfang Shuo, a boy holding a peach, and a deer on a rocky outcrop overlooking a mystical palace in the clouds, white glazed rim, apocryphal four character Yongzheng mark to base, diameter 27cm, pitting to glaze
£600-800

Condition:
There are a number of burst bubbles to the glaze on the central underglaze copper red roundel, some other glaze imperfections and iron spots, scratching to the glaze in the well, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.

Sold for £1,300