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8164 A DOUCAI DISH WITH SHOU-CHARACTER DECORATION
106 | BONHAMS Daoguang six-character mark and of the period
The wide curving well outlined in underglaze blue and tinted in various
enamels with a circular shou medallion and eight lantsa characters
radiating outward toward a ring of intertwined C-scrolls, the intertwined
C-scrolls repeating below more elaborately drawn shou-characters on
the exterior walls, the mark written in underglaze blue seal script on the
recessed base and all surfaces except to the foot pad covered with a
lustrous glaze.
8 1/8in (20.8cm) diameter
US$3,000 - 5,000
A pair of dishes with the same decoration, also Daoguang mark and
of the period, were sold in Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 21033, 17
December 2013, lot 8340.
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI MINIATURE SAUCER DISHES
Ai lian zhen shang marks, 19th century
Each outlined in underglaze blue with double rings and a roundel of
mandarin ducks swimming amid lotus plants and water grasses across
the shallow well and highlighted in colored enamels, the exterior walls
decorated en suite and the four-character mark written in underglaze
blue within a double ring to the recessed base.
3 3/8in (8.5cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 3,000
A doucai dish of larger size (7 3/4in [19.6cm]), but with the same mark
and similar mandarin ducks and lotus pond decoration, was sold in
Christie's London, South Kensington sale 5291, 14 May 2014, lot 773,
as 19th century.
