A DOUCAI DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The interior medallion painted with a scene of a deer, holding a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, standing beneath a pine tree and beside a crane, all within a double-circle border, the cavetto evenly divided with six groups of ribbon-tied scholarly objects, the exterior with two stems of bamboo, the reign mark inscribed in three columns of two characters
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) diam., box
Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15 May 1990, lot 278.
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