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A RARE REVERSE-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE
‘GARDENIA’ DISH
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a gnarled
leafy gardenia spray, surrounded by four similar sprays
around the cavetto and a corresponding continuous scroll
on the exterior, all against a finely speckled cobalt-blue
ground below double-line borders encircling the inner and
outer rims, the floral and foliate details of the design finely
rendered in white slip, the white base inscribed with a six-
character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue
33.3 cm, 13⅛ in.
£ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 308,000-515,000 US$ 39,300-65,500
清雍正 灑藍釉白花花卉紋盤
《大清雍正年製》款

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