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A DOUCAI AND ANHUA-DECORATED DISH
Chenghua mark, Yongzheng period
The shallow well painted in underglaze blue outline, iron red and green
enamels with a trefoil blooming from a slender leafy stem within double
line borders, then alternating pairs of dragons and phoenixes incised
into the fabric below another double line border at the rim, the trefoil
pattern repeated on the exterior walls between bands of classic scrolls
and overlapping petals with triple stamens, the recessed base bearing
the six-character mark in standard script inscribed within a double ring
in underglaze blue.
8in (20.2cm) diameter

US$6,000 - 8,000

See a dish with the same decoration and mark sold Bonhams, Hong
Kong, sale 19305, 25 May 2011, lot 378.

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A DOUCAI-DECORATED LOTUS AND LINGZHI DISH
Chenghua mark, 18th century
Outlined in underglaze blue with double ring bands enclosing a lotus
plant roundel at the center of the shallow well and lingzhi fungus heads
on leafy tendrils encircling the exterior walls, the designs tinted in
pale enamels and the recessed base bearing the six-character mark
inscribed in standard script within a double ring.
6 1/8in (15.3cm) diameter
US$8,000 - 12,000

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