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A DOUCAI ‘MAGPIE AND PRUNUS’ DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is elegantly decorated to the interior with a central medallion
enclosing two long-tailed magpies, one bird in fight above another perched
upon a branch of fowering prunus, all highlighted in green and iron-red
enamels. The exterior is decorated with a continuous frieze of blossoming
prunus, bamboo, and peony.
6º in. (15.8 cm.) diam.
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€9,200-14,000

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2008, lot 2630 (one of a pair).
Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 September 1989, lot 726 (one of a pair).
The combination of magpies and prunus depicts the rebus for ‘happiness
up to the tips of your eyebrows’. A dish of this pattern is illustrated in Kangxi,
Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection,
Hong Kong, 1989, p. 116, no. 99. Compare also a single dish sold at Christie’s
London, 8 November 2011, lot 443, and pair of dishes sold at Christie’s New
York, 19 September 2006, lot 346.
清康熙 鬥彩喜上眉梢紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款 (reverse)
來源:
香港蘇富比2008年10月8日拍賣,拍品2630號(其一)
香港佳士得1989年9月26日拍賣,拍品726號(其一)

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