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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清道光 鬪彩荷塘鴛鴦紋臥足盌
《大清道光年製》款
A DOUCAI ‘MANDARIN DUCK AND LOTUS
POND’ BOWL 來源：
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG 慎德堂，台北
the steep rounded sides painted to the exterior with pairs of
mandarin ducks depicted swimming and flying amidst large
iron-red lotus blooms, below a narrow band of underglaze blue
dragons in pursuit of ‘flaming pearls’, the interior similarly
decorated with a central medallion enclosing a pair of ducks in
a lotus pond, below a band of lança characters encircling the
rim, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark
16.4 cm, 6½ in.
PROVENANCE
C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei.
HK$ 180,000-280,000
US$ 23,200-36,100
Mark
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