YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI WASHER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Finely potted in imitation of its Ming prototype with gentle rounded sides rising from a recessed base, painted in underglaze-blue and enamelled on the exterior with lotus sprays, each supporting a bowl containing an auspicious emblem, all between blue line borders, the countersunk base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double square
2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sir Harry and Lady Garner

Exhibited

The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1951, no. 97

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Lot Essay

The Ming prototypes of the present doucai vessel, bearing Chenghua reign marks, are in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ch'eng-hua Porcelain Ware, Taipei, 2003, p. 160-61, no. 157-60, where these are catalogued as 'washers'.

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