LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' CHARGER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The center painted with a winged dragon and phoenix confronted on a flaming pearl amid multi-colored auspicious clouds, enclosed by a foliate scroll incorporating paired lotus blossoms centered with shou medallions on the cavetto, all encircled by a multi-colored cloud band on the rim, the exterior decorated with bats flying above springs of lingzhi sprouting from mountains emerging from turbulent seas, with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark on the base
18 5/8 in. (47.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Compare the Yongzheng mark and period doucai dish this design, of slightly smaller size (44.5 cm. diam.), illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains of Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 236-7, no. 217.

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