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27 A SMALL DOUCAI ‘SHOU’ DISH
44 SOTHEBY’S QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

with shallow rounded sides rising from a low tapering
foot, the interior painted in bright enamels with a central
medallion enclosing a fruiting peach tree bearing eleven
fruit, its trunk twisted and bent to form a shou character
above a sprig of lingzhi and rocks in underglaze blue,
all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the
exterior with three further peach trees each forming a
shou character divided by underglaze-blue lingzhi scrolls,
the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mrs. Yau Tong Hak (according to label).
A Qianlong doucai dish of this pattern was included in
the exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong
Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 1973, cat. no. 92. Compare another dish of this
design, also from the collection of Mrs. Yau Tong Hak,
sold in these rooms, 14th March 2017, lot 524. Dishes of
this type and period have also sold in our London rooms,
1st-2nd April 1974, lot 324; in our Hong Kong rooms, 13th
May 1976, lot 337, and 24th May 1978, lot 243; and at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th April 1997, lot 747.

$ 20,000-30,000

Yau Tong Hak

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A DOUCAI ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot,
the exterior decorated with three detached lotus sprays,
each detailed with two blossoms borne on a stylized
leafy foliate stem, the interior with a central medallion
enclosing a further lotus spray, the base with a six-
character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 5 in., 12.6 cm

$ 8,000-12,000