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QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A DOUCAI 'ANBAXIAN' OGEE DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is painted and enamelled to the central medallion on the interior with a full-faced flower-head encircled by four peaches and stylised lotus-blossom scrolls, the rounded flaring rim with the Eight Daoist Emblems, anbaxian, tied to flower sprays with fluttering ribbons, the exterior with exotic blooms on a foliate scroll above a band of colourful ruyi heads around the foot.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish is painted and enamelled to the central medallion on the interior with a full-faced flower-head encircled by four peaches and stylised lotus-blossom scrolls, the rounded flaring rim with the Eight Daoist Emblems, anbaxian, tied to flower sprays with fluttering ribbons, the exterior with exotic blooms on a foliate scroll above a band of colourful ruyi heads around the foot.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Toguri Museum of Art
Sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 2 (one of a pair)
Sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 2 (one of a pair)
Literature
Chinese Ceramics in the Toguri Collection, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 160 (one of a pair)
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