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A DOUCAI ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ RECTANGULAR Compare the present lot with a smaller rectangular seal paste
BOX AND COVER box dated to the Yongzheng period standing on four scroll
feet published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
KANGXI-YONGZHENG PERIOD (1662-1735)
Palace Museum, Small refined Articles of the Study, Shanghai,
The box stands on four delicately moulded raised scroll feet, and 2009, p. 281, pl. 285, decorated to the box base with a related
the cover of the box is finely decorated with two birds perched on foliage design, but to the cover with dragon and phoenix.
flowering camellia branches, the design delineated in pale shades
of cobalt blue. The sides of the box and cover are decorated with
᪺༒ᶑ 㢫᢬ 㮓ྑ⩄ⱗ⩈㲄♄㟍ᑝ↥
a matched design of bamboo, plantain, and flowers growing
amongst pierced rocks in a fenced garden.
ϝᬝ
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide, box
.POUBHVF .FZFS Ⅷ⻦卿ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ
HK$350,000-550,000 US$45,000-70,000 ৅ ⽚
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⯍ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
PROVENANCE
጗ᇪల卿झ࢈卿 ჺᝲᝃག㬷ࣿ ᝲ֍ᓿஎ
Collection of Montague Meyer, sold at Christie’s London, 14
April 1980, lot 286
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 April to 2 May 1991, lot 125
C. C. Teng & Co., Taipei, illustrated on the cover of their 1992
calendar and for the month of November

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