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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI 'TRIBUTE BEARERS' BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam., cloth box
$80,000-120,000
The shape, decoration and size of these bowls appear to have been inspired
by Wanli-period prototypes decorated in wucai enamels on the exterior
with a continuous scene of scholars and mythical beasts between trees
below a narrow decorative border, and on the interior with a roundel of a
leaping dragon, such as the example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book III, Hong Kong, 1989, (marks)
pls. 16-16d.
清雍正ǎ鬥彩朝貢圖盌ˏ對ǎ雙१˕行Ս字楷書款
(another view of one)
