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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN IRON"RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE
‘DRAGON’ DISH
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapered foot,
decorated on the interior with a central medallion enclosing
an iron-red Þ ve-clawed dragon writhing against a ground of
swirling waves, the underside similarly decorated with nine
iron-red dragons above waves, the base with a seal mark
17.8 cm, 7 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 6th December 1978, lot 954.

£ 6,000-8,000
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HK$ 66,500-88,500 US$ 8,500-11,300
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘MAGPIE’ DISHES
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD
each Þ nely painted on the interior with a medallion enclosing two
long-tailed magpies, one perched on a prunus branch amidst
rockwork, the other soaring from above with outstretched
wings amongst cloud swirls, the underside with two sprays
of blooming prunus separated by bamboo sprays, the base
inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark
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(2)
15.8 cm., 6¼ in.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 44,200-66,500 US$ 5,700-8,500

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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE HU"SHAPED VASE
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
of archaistic hu form, painted to the exterior with simulated
‘heaping and piling’, the ovoid body encircled by two bands, the
upper with continuous lotus scroll, the lower with a composite
ß oral meander, all between slightly raised double-line borders,
the shoulder set with animal mask and mock ring handles,
below the waisted ß ared neck decorated with ruyi-bordered
sti' upright plantain leaves and a narrow wave band around
the rim, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue
24.8 cm, 9¾ in.
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 88,500-133,000 US$ 11,300-16,900

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