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A FINE DOUCAI ‘FLORAL MEDALLION’ 清雍正 鬥彩花團錦簇紋洗
WASHER 來源
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735) 紐約佳士得，1989年12月2日，拍品380號（一對之一）
The washer is finely potted with shallow flaring sides and 吳繼遠，香港
upturned rim, exquisitely painted with a borderless composite
floral medallion on the interior with five different flowerheads 此品種有落款及無款者。美國詹姆斯．桑頓醫生珍藏一對雍正款鬥彩
delicately enamelled in pale pastel colours within finely delineated 洗，紋飾、尺寸及器形均與本洗幾乎相同，2017年11月29日拍賣，拍品
underglaze-blue outlines, amidst foliage and iron-red buds, the 2807號，以港幣9,100,000成交。另可參考一對無款例子，1983年12月15
underside with a collar of stylised multi-coloured petal motifs 日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品484號。
radiating from the foot ring.
6…/”ÿ in. (15.3 cm.) diam., box
HK$300,000-400,000 US$39,000-52,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 2 December 1989, lot 380 (one of a
pair)
K.Y. Ng, Hong Kong
There are both marked and unmarked examples of washers of this
type. Compare, for example, to a pair of Yongzheng-marked washers of
almost identical design, form and size, from the Dr. James D. Thornton
Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2807,
for HK$9,100,000. Compare also to a pair of unmarked examples sold
at Christie’s London, 15 December 1983, lot 484.

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