A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS
encircled yongzheng six-character marks and of the period

Finely pencilled and enamelled around the exterior of each with a frieze of the Eight Immortals in billowing clothes, each with their attributes, standing amongst cloud-scrolls, the central medallion containing the Three Star Gods in a garden beneath an arched pine tree 4¼in. (10.9 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Cf. the Yongzheng-marked blue and white bowl similarly painted on the exterior, but with Shoulao and his deer in the interior roundel, from the collection of Sir Harry Garner, illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.LX; also the pair of bowls sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 31 October 1994, lot 617; and another similar pair offered in Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 501

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