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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A DOUCAI ‘LADY’ DISH
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI /
YONGZHENG PERIOD
with shallow rounded sides resting on a
slightly tapering foot, the interior enameled
with an elegant lady in ß owing robes seated
comfortably alongside a table, in a terraced
garden beneath a willow tree, the exterior
enameled with two leafy bamboo sprays,
the base with an apocryphal six-character
Chenghua mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 6½ in., 16.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in China during the Þ rst half of the
20th century, and thence by descent.
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭⹟䅁ġİġ晵㬋ġġġ櫍⼑ṽ⤛⚾䚌
˪⣏㖶ㆸ⊾⸜墥˫ầ㫦
Ը๕
Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ᶲ⋲叱⼿㕤ᷕ⚳炻㬌⼴⭞㕷⁛㈧
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A RARE DOUCAI ‘FLORAL’ JAR
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the ovoid body rising to a short straight neck,
enameled around the exterior with three large
blooms of stylized peony, camellia and lotus on
leafy stems, all above a band of upright lappets
at the foot, the shoulder encircled by a collar
of ruyi heads and dots, the rim gilt, the interior
neck and base enameled turquoise save for the
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 4 in., 10.2 cm

$ 20,000-30,000
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ櫍⼑㉀㝅剙⋱䲳⮷仸
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦

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