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A PAIR OF SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISHES
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN
DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋盤一對 雙圈六字楷書款

The dishes are painted in the centre with a medallion enclosing a dense leafy
composite scroll of lotus blooms, repeated in a narrow band at the rim and to
the exterior.

6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) diam. (2) (marks)

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

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A GREEN-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清乾隆 白地綠釉雲龍戲珠蓋罐 六字篆書款

The exterior of the ovoid jar is outlined in underglaze blue and enamelled in
green to depict two fve-clawed dragons chasing faming pearls amidst fames
and clouds. The shoulder is decorated with a band of the Eight Buddhist
Emblems, bajixiang. The top of the cover is similarly decorated with a front-
facing fve-clawed dragon.

8º in. (21 cm.) high

£15,000-25,000 $23,000-38,000
€21,000-34,000

Compare this to a similar Qianlong jar with cover in the National Palace
Museum in Taiwan, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Book
II, Hong Kong, 1969, pl. 13.

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