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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE DOUCAI 'BIRTHDAY' DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Details
A FINE DOUCAI 'BIRTHDAY' DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is well potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior finely painted and enamelled with five bats flying around a fruiting peach tree growing from an overhanging cliff above breaking waves, the exterior with pairs of bats in flight alternating between fruit clusters, each group detailed with a stylised Shou character.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is well potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior finely painted and enamelled with five bats flying around a fruiting peach tree growing from an overhanging cliff above breaking waves, the exterior with pairs of bats in flight alternating between fruit clusters, each group detailed with a stylised Shou character.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 910
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1433
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1433