A RARE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' OGEE DISHQianlong seal mark and of the periodVividly painted to the interior cavetto in rich cobalt-blue with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' surrounding a sunken central medallion enclosing a stylised six-petalled flowerhead within a classic scroll band, the exterior decorated with five bats in flight amidstlingzhi sprays issuing from rocky outcrops above turbulent crashing waves, all reserved on a bright lemon-yellow ground save for the underside.19.8cm (7 3/4in) diam. (2).Provenance: 清乾隆 黃地青花福山壽海八吉祥折腰盤青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款The present lot is an outstanding example of innovation and remarkable technical perfection achieved in the Imperial kilns during the Qianlong period, as demonstrated by the ogee form which first appeared in the Ming dynasty Yongle period as well as the superbly-controlled brilliant underglaze-blue on a yellow-enamelled ground as in the present example.It is extremely rare to find a Qianlong blue and white ogee-form dish reserved on a yellow ground. For a blue and white 'bajixiang' ogee dish, Qianlong mark and period, see an example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4176, later sold again at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 2022, lot 3648. Dishes of the same form but decorated in adoucai palette withanbaxian motifs are more often seen, see an example in the Nanjing Museum, included in the exhibitionQing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, ; another sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3627.乾隆朝黃地青花折腰盤非常稀有，見一青花八吉祥例，2012年5月30日售於香港佳士得，拍品4176，後於2022年4月29日再於香港蘇富比釋出，拍品3648。另相同器型飾有鬥彩暗八仙紋可參考一南京博物館藏乾隆笠式碗，1995年於香港中文大學文物館《清瓷萃珍：清代康雍乾官窯瓷器》展出，見展覽圖錄，編號106；香港蘇富比2016年4月6日亦售出一例，拍品3627。