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A RARE CELADON-GLAZED ‘TWIN FISH’ DISH 清乾隆 粉青釉雙魚折沿盤
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD 《大清乾隆年製》款
the shallow rounded sides rising to a flat everted rim,
moulded in relief on the interior with a pair of confronting
carps, covered overall in an unctuous soft celadon glaze, the
base impressed with a six-character seal mark
Diameter 26.7 cm, 10½ in.
Compare a closely related example in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum’s exhibition
Qingdai danse you ciqi tezhan [Special exhibition of
monochrome glazed porcelain of the Qing dynasty],
Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 94.
‡ £ 20,000-30,000

mark

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