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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK FAMILY PROVENANCE is illustrated in John Ayers, Far Eastern
COLLECTION Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Collection of Lois Templer Baker (1895-1956),
A LARGE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND acquired in Europe circa 1920s, and thence by London, 1980, pl. 192.
PHOENIX’ DISH descent.
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD A similar dish sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd $ 20,000-30,000
October 2018, lot 3656. See also two slightly
the shallow rounded sides supported on a smaller examples: the first sold in the same
gently tapered foot, brightly enameled to 清康熙 五彩穿花龍鳳紋大盤
the center with a pair of confronting dragons rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 3709, the second
sold in our London rooms, 15th May 2019, lot
divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, against 41. 《大清康熙年製》款
a dense ground of leafy peony stems, the
cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with A dish with the same composition was included 來源
the creatures in profile, the recessed base with in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, The Lois Templer Baker (1895-1956) 收藏，約
a six-character mark in underglaze blue within Animal in Chinese Art, London, 1968, cat. no. 1920年代得於歐洲，此後家族傳承
a double circle 116; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Diameter 12¾ in., 32.3 cm

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