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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's

Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 814

A BLUE AND WHITE 'CRAB AND MILLET' DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI - YONGZHENG PERIOD
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

A BLUE AND WHITE 'CRAB AND MILLET' DISH
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI - YONGZHENG PERIOD
清康熙至雍正 青花歲歲和諧圖盤 《瑤華清賞》款

the rounded sides flaring slightly towards the rim and raised on a tapered foot, the interior deftly painted with a pair of lively crabs
scuttling through the placid water towards an overhanging branch of millet, the base inscribed with a four-character mark, Yao hua
qing shang, within a double square

Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.4 cm

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