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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION 清道光 鬪彩荷塘鴛鴦紋臥足盌一對 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION 清雍正 鬪彩纏枝蓮紋盤
A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘LOTUS POND’ BOWLS 《大清道光年製》款 A DOUCAI ‘LOTUS’ SAUCER DISH 《大清雍正年製》款
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
來源 來源
each with steep rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed the central medallion finely painted with four iron-red lotus
base, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of 於1993年購自香港 blooms encircling a pale yellow enamelled lotus bloom, all 於1985年購自香港
mandarin ducks amidst lotus blooms, under a band of sinuous amid leafy tendrils borne on meandering stems, the exterior
five-clawed dragons, the interior with a central medallion similarly decorated, the base inscribed with a six-character
enclosing a pair of ducks in a lotus pond and encircled by a mark within a double circle
lanca character band at the rim, the base inscribed with a six- Diameter 20.7 cm, 8⅛ in.
character seal mark in underglaze blue
(2) PROVENANCE
Diameters 16.7 and 16.5 cm, 6⅝ and 6½ in. Acquired in Hong Kong, 1985.
PROVENANCE £ 8,000-12,000
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1993.
£ 10,000-15,000

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