A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL
A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL
A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL
A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL
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A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL

18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE DOUCAI FISH BOWL
18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The fish bowl is decorated on the exterior in underglaze blue and bright enamels with stylized lotus medallions, festooned with meandering floral scroll, all between decorative borders.
22 in. (55.9 cm.) diam., gilt-softwood stand

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A Qianlong-period doucai jardinière with similar decoration is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Japan, 1983, pls. 94 and 95. For other similar examples, see one in the Shanghai Museum illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, pl. 68, an example with a Qianlong mark, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1546, and one sold in The Three Emperors: Imperial Porclain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns from the Yidetang Collection; Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 12 October 2021, lot 17.

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