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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL

1811
AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is decorated on the interior with a roundel depicting immortals
standing on iron-red clouds as they approach a pavilion surrounded by
billowing clouds and set amidst rolling waves, with two cranes grasping
arrows in their beaks in fight above. The exterior is decorated with bats in
fight amidst rocks and waves beneath a band of scrolling clouds, all within
double blue line borders.
8¡ in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
The Collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell (1883-1946), acquired in the early
twentieth century, and thence by descent within the family.
A Yongzheng-marked doucai dish of this unusual pattern, but slightly smaller
in size (20.6 cm.), is illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal
Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pls. 159 and 160. For similar dishes sold at
auction, see the pair sold at Christie’s New York, 23 March 2012, lot 2034;
the single example from the collection of Dr. James D. Thornton, sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2810; and another identical
dish, also from the family collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell, sold at
Christie’s New York, 22 March 2018, lot 815.
清雍正 鬥彩海屋添籌圖盤 雙圈六字楷書款

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