Live Auction 2811The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A FINE DOUCAI 'FLORAL' DISH
Lot 2052PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A FINE DOUCAI 'FLORAL' DISH

Closed31 May 2010

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HKD 275,000

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A FINE DOUCAI 'FLORAL' DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The interior decorated with a medallion of an iron-red flower borne on a leafy stem surrounded by a dense ground of scrolling tendrils, the same motif repeated as a frieze on the exterior above a band of multi-coloured ruyi heads
8 1/4 in. (20.8 cm.) diam.

Specialist note

A single smaller (16.2 cm. diam.) Yongzheng marked dish of the same pattern from the collection of James Alsdorf was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 346 and a pair of smaller (16.2 cm. diam.) dishes of this pattern from the Doris Duke Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 2004, lot 330.