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A RARE SMALL DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ DISH PROVENANCE:
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1723- From the collection of a distinguished European Lady, acquired between 1970
1735) and 1976.

清雍正或更晚 鬥彩雲龍戲珠紋小盤 雙圈六字楷書款 A similar Yongzheng doucai dish of this design was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong in October 1990, lot 505. A pair of Yongzheng doucai saucer dishes
The dish is decorated with underglaze blue outlines and overglaze enamels with this design was also sold at Christie’s Hong Kong in March 1991, lot 592.
in doucai style, on the interior with a central medallion containing a writhing Another similar example was sold at Christies Paris in 11 June 2014, lot 204.
fve-clawed dragon chasing an iron red faming pearl amidst clouds and four
colourful extended clouds on the cavetto, the exterior with multi-coloured Another Yongzheng doucai example is in the collection of the Hong Kong
clouds and cresting waves. Museum of Art, published in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette: Qing
Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, no. 45,
5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam. while a pair from a private Hong Kong collection is illustrated in The Min Chiu
Society Anthology of Chinese Art, pl. 175.
£15,000-20,000 $23,000-30,000
€21,000-27,000

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏，於1970-1976年間購入

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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘NINE PEACH’ BOTTLE VASE,
TIANQIUPING
GUANGXU IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908)

清光緒 粉彩九桃紋天球瓶 礬紅六字楷書款

The vase is decorated with spreading, gnarled fruiting peach branches which
rise from the base and bear nine large peaches amidst white and pink fowers.

21æ in. (55 cm.) high

£6,000-8,000 $9,200-12,000
€8,200-11,000

PROVENANCE:

From the collection of a distinguished European Lady, acquired between 1970
and 1976.

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏，於1970-1976年間購入

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