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PROPERTY OF A DUTCH GENTLEMAN (LOTS 164-168)
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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two fve-clawed dragons in pursuit
of faming pearls and two phoenix amongst scrolling clouds, all above rocks
rising from cresting waves. The foot rims are encircled with a band of foral
sprays with green and aubergine enamels.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) wide
(2)
£30,000-50,000 $40,000-65,000
€34,000-56,000

PROVENANCE
Amassed in Europe in the 1980s.
A related doucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl of the same size but with a yellow
ground in the collection of the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Kangxi
Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum, Wang Qingzheng, Hong Kong,
1998, p 248, pl. 160.
清康熙 鬥彩龍鳳呈祥碗 一對 雙圈六字楷書款

來源: 荷蘭私人珍藏, 於1980年代購自歐洲

(marks)

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