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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL
1812
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.
See the footnote to lot 1811.
清雍正 鬥彩海屋添籌圖盤 雙圈六字楷書款

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