Lot Essay
An identical brushwasher with a cover is in the Baur Collection (fig. 1). Also a similar but smaller doucai jarlet with comparable design was sold in these rooms, 10-11 April 1984, lot 262
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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A VERY FINE AND RARE SMALL DOUCAI BRUSHWASHER
UNDERGLAZE BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
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A VERY FINE AND RARE SMALL DOUCAI BRUSHWASHER
UNDERGLAZE BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
Of compressed globular form with a short lipped rim, delicately enamelled around the body with two five-clawed dragons amidst cloud scrolls, above crashing waves around the base and below a band of key-fret around the rim
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide
UNDERGLAZE BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)
Of compressed globular form with a short lipped rim, delicately enamelled around the body with two five-clawed dragons amidst cloud scrolls, above crashing waves around the base and below a band of key-fret around the rim
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide