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                           813                       PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN LADY

813                                                  FOUR BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’
                                                     DISHES
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’                            QING DYNASTY, JIAQING,
BOWL                                                 DAOGUANG, TONGZHI MARKS
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD                         AND PERIOD

of ogee form supported on a tapered foot, the        each decorated with a pair of confronting phoenix
exterior painted in a deep cobalt hue with two       amidst cloud scrolls, one base with a Jiaqing seal
lively dragons dashing through clouds, one           mark, two with Daoguang seal marks, one with a
glancing back toward the other, all between          Tongzhi mark, all marks with six characters and in
double lines at the rim and foot, the interior with  underglaze blue (4)
a writhing dragon within a double circle, another    Diameter of largest 6½ in., 16.5 cm
double circle at the rim, the base with a six-
character seal mark in underglaze blue               $ 6,000-8,000
Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm
$ 3,000-5,000                                        㶭▱ㄞˣ忻⃱⍲⎴㱣ġġġ曺剙暚沛䲳䚌⚃ẞ
                                                     ˪⣏㶭▱ㄞ⸜墥˫˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫˪⣏
㶭▱ㄞġġġ曺剙暚漵䲳㉀儘䙴                                       㶭⎴㱣⸜墥˫㫦
˪⣏㶭▱ㄞ⸜墥˫㫦

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