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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED ‘MANDARIN DUCKS AND LOTUS’
DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The interior is decorated with a roundel enclosing a pair of mandarin ducks
swimming amongst waterweeds in a lotus pond on a bed of waves. The
exterior of the dish is decorated with further mandarin ducks amongst lotus
and waves.
12¿ in. (30.7 cm.) diam.
£5,000-8,000 $6,600-10,000
€5,600-8,900
明萬曆 礬紅彩荷塘鴛鴦紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款

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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ CUP
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The exterior of the cup is painted with two fve-clawed dragons separated by
two roundels containing the characters wan shou, ‘ten thousand longevity’,
above crashing waves. The interior has a large shou character for ‘longevity’.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diam.
£5,000-8,000 $6,600-10,000
€5,600-8,900
明萬曆 青花「萬壽」龍紋杯 雙圈六字楷書款

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