A PAIR OF UNUSUAL DOUCAI DISHES
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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL DOUCAI DISHES

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL DOUCAI DISHES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With shallow rounded sides, painted in the interior with a roundel depicting immortals descending on iron-red clouds as they approach a pavilion surrounded by billowing clouds set amidst rolling waves with two cranes in flight above, the reverse painted with bats in flight amidst rockwork and waves beneath a band of scrolling clouds, all within double blue line borders
8 5/16 in. (21.2 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Acquired by Irving Wormser, agent to Shaw Brothers Studio, in Hong Kong in the 1940s-50s.

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Lot Essay

A Yongzheng-marked doucai dish of this unusual pattern is illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pls. 159 and 160.

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