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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
         3059

         A FINE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’                  ᪺༒ᶑ   ̪ྑ㹪㲌♄↲   㢴२Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
         DISH
                                                            ϝᬝ
         KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A
         DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)        ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿    ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅  ⽚
         The dish is well painted on the interior in underglaze-blue and
         enamelled in vibrant tones of green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine,
         with a pair of five-clawed dragons and a pair of phoenix arranged
         around a central peony blossom amidst other scattered flowers
         and buds growing from leafy stems, the inner and outer sides with
         similar designs of striding dragons and phoenix in flight amidst
         further blossoms and foliage, all within double-line borders.
         12 Æ in. (32.5 cm.) diam., box
         HK$300,000-500,000               US$39,000-65,000

         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 June 1993,
         lot 85























































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