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A RARE DOUCAI ‘PRUNUS AND MAGPIE’ BOWL
AND COVER
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
the deep conical sides rising from a short straight foot to a
flaring rim, finely painted and enamelled around the exterior
with one bird perched on a flowering prunus tree and the
other in flight, the conical cover similarly decorated, the base
of the bowl with a six-character mark in underglaze blue
19.5 cm, 7½ in.
£ 20,000-30,000
HK$ 206,000-308,000 US$ 26,200-39,300
清雍正 鬪彩喜鵲梅花圖笠式蓋盌
《大清雍正年製》款

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A COPPER-RED AND BLUE ‘IMMORTALS’ BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the rounded sides of the exterior painted in underglaze blue
with the ‘Eight Daoist Immortals’ each holding their attribute,
standing on a dense copper-red wave ground, the interior
painted with Shoulao with his deer reserved against a wave
ground enclosed within a double-ring circle, the base with a
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
22.5 cm, 8¾ in.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 41,100-62,000 US$ 5,300-7,900
清乾隆 青花釉裡紅八仙過海紋盌
《大清乾隆年製》款

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