Lot Essay
Cf. the similar dish in the Umezawa Kinenkan Museum, Tokyo, illustrated by J.Ayers and M.Sato in Ceramic Art of the World, vol.15, Shogakukan Series, p.184, nos.240 and 241
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI SAUCER-DISHES
daoguang six-character marks and of the period
The central panel painted and enamelled with a lotus-head within three stylized phoenix amongst scrolling lotus sprays, the exterior similarly decorated with four lotus-heads alternating with phoenix above a band of C-scrolls around the foot, all within double-line borders, minute rim chips and crack restored
7½in. (19cm.) diam. (2)
daoguang six-character marks and of the period
The central panel painted and enamelled with a lotus-head within three stylized phoenix amongst scrolling lotus sprays, the exterior similarly decorated with four lotus-heads alternating with phoenix above a band of C-scrolls around the foot, all within double-line borders, minute rim chips and crack restored
7½in. (19cm.) diam. (2)