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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 806
A DOUCAI 'DUCKS AND LOTUS' BOWL, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD
A DOUCAI 'DUCKS AND LOTUS' BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 鬥彩蓮塘鴛鴦圖盌
the rounded sides resting on a straight foot and gently flaring to an everted rim, the exterior delicately enameled with a continuous
scene of mandarin ducks swimming between lotus blooms and others flying above, the interior with a central medallion enclosing
a similar scene, the inner rim with a band of stylized characters alternating in iron red and underglaze blue, the base with a stylized
square mark within a double circle
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm
Provenance
Collection of Gene Liss.
來源
Gene Liss 收藏
Catalogue Note
This bowl is accompanied by a letter dated 23rd September 1986, from Steven D. Owyoung, Curator of Asian Arts at the Saint
Louis Art Museum, Missouri, discussing the bowl.
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