A RARE SET OF TEN BLUE AND WHITE SAUCERS

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A RARE SET OF TEN BLUE AND WHITE SAUCERS
SHUNZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1644-1661)

Each dish is painted with a central medallion with a qilin supporting books on a cloud, surrounded by four mythical beasts around the cavetto, the exterior variously painted with detached sprays of prunus, pine, bamboo, lotus flower and chrysanthemum, all covered with a clear blue-tinged glaze (chips to foot and rim polished in places)
Five of 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.), and five other, 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) diam., box (10)

Lot Essay

Cf. a pair of dishes sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2002, lot 696; and another pair included in the Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 110.

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