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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘ASTER’ 810
DISHES
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD PROPERTY FROM A KENTUCKY PRIVATE COLLECTION

each with gently rounded sides rising from a short circular A GREEN AND BLACK ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’
foot to a barbed rim, the center interior with three blossoms DISH
painted against a ground of dense scrolled vines, encircled by DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
sixteen leafy asters radiating on the cavetto, the exterior with
sixteen further asters, the base with a six-character mark in decorated on the interior with a ve-clawed dragon in pursuit
underglaze blue (2) of a ‘Flaming Pearl’ surrounded by ame scrolls, the exterior
Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm similarly decorated with a pair of dragons chasing pearls over
$ 6,000-8,000 a ground of nely incised waves, the base with a six-character
seal mark in underglaze blue
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙䳓卨䲳剙⺷䚌ᶨ⮵ Diameter 7⅛ in., 18 cm
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦 $ 3,000-5,000

810 㶭忻⃱ġġġ䘥⛘㘿⇣㴟㯜䵈⼑崽䎈漵䲳䚌
˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫㫦
811
811
PROPERTY FROM A VERMONT PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘AUSPICIOUS
EMBLEMS’ DISHES
GUANGXU MARKS AND PERIOD

each interior with nely interlaced composite foliate
scrolls encircling a central oret, all surrounded by colorful
beribboned ‘Eight Auspicious Emblems’ around the cavetto,
the exterior with three ower heads borne on undulating leafy
scrolls, the base with a six-character mark in iron red (2)
Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE
A Beijing collector, acquired in the 1940s.
Gifted in the 1970s to a Canadian missionary family in China,
and thence by descent.
$ 6,000-8,000

㶭⃱䵺ġġġ䰱⼑ℓ⎱䤍䲳䚌ᶨ⮵
˪⣏㶭⃱䵺⸜墥˫㫦

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