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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE TAZZA
QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF OF
THE 19TH CENTURY
the dish with a broad slightly countersunk well,
shallow rounded sides, and lipped rim all set
over a wide, waisted cylindrical stand ! aring at
the base, the dish centered with a round shou
character within a band of interlocking ruyi heads
enclosed by a double circle surrounded by a wide
band of alternating pairs of confronting bats
amid clouds and stylized shou characters within
scrolling lotus, a scrolling ! oral band wrapping
the interior rim and a band of alternating lappets
and ruyi heads around the exterior rim, the foot
with bands of clouds, angular scrolls, scrolling
lotus, and upright lappets
Diameter 15¾ in., 40 cm
$ 15,000-20,000
૶ɤɘ˰ߏۃ̒໢ ڡڀ၅ྪᕐΌ७ɽ৷
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 712
‘DRAGON’ JARDINIERE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the deep rounded sides tapering towards the
base and surmounted by a lipped rim, the exterior
painted with two animated four-clawed dragons
pursuing a ‘! aming pearl’ in a cloud-" lled sky
above cresting waves and vertiginous peaks of
Mount Penglai, all between line borders, a band
of circles reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
beneath the rim, the interior glazed pale bluish-
white, a circular aperture centering the base
Diameter 24 in., 61 cm
$ 15,000-20,000
૶ɤɘ˰ߏ ڡڀऎ˥Ϫ੢ႼमථᎲ७ɽߔ

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