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A RARE DOUCAI ‘IMMORTALS’ DISH 清雍正 鬪彩海屋添壽圖盤
MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG 《大清雍正年製》款
well potted with shallow rounded sides resting on a gently
tapered foot, the interior decorated with a central medallion 來源:
enclosing a celestial scene of four Daoist immortals en route 紐約蘇富比1997年9月23日,編號359(一對之一)
to the palace of the Isles of the Blessed emerging from multi-
coloured clouds, depicting Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother
of the West, standing on stylised iron-red cloud swirls, with
an attendant behind her, and the Three Star Gods similarly
gathered and standing on cloud swirls below, all against
tempestuous waves, the ethereal scene further adorned
with two cranes in flight, the reverse superbly painted in iron
red with bats soaring amidst ruyi clouds, against densely
rendered green-enamelled waves outlined in underglaze blue
and interrupted with jagged rockwork, the base centred with
a six-character reign mark within a double circle
20.9 cm, 8¼ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 23rd September 1997, lot 359 (one of
a pair).
HK$ 1,200,000-1,600,000
US$ 153,000-204,000
Mark
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