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PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each dish is fnely decorated in vibrant underglaze blue on the convex center with ladies dipping a bucket
into a lotus pond, surrounded by a landscape scene of plantain and blossoming prunus under the moon
and stars, below further scenes of ladies on the everted rim. The exterior is decorated with the ribbon-tied
bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) above a band of petal-tips at the foot.
14¿ in. (35.9 cm.) diam.
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in London, 1970s.
Each dish has the remains of a barely legible sticker from the Manchester City Art Gallery, possibly
dated 1913. A similar dish from The Metropolitan Museum of Art was sold at Christie’s New York, 15
September 2016, lot 854.
清康熙 青花開光仕女圖折沿盤一對

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