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A BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED-DECORATED ‘SEA CREATURES’ BOWL

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND
OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The bowl is fnely decorated in iron-red enamel on the exterior with nine mythical sea creatures variously
with tails or hooves, fowing manes and scales, all prancing amidst foaming waves below a band of key fret
at the rim. The interior is similarly decorated in the center with a single mythical sea creature with wings,
scales and a bifurcated tail.
8¡ in. (21.2 cm.) diam., box
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Arizona, 1980.
清光緒 青花礬紅海獸紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款

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