A PAIR OF DOUCAI SAUCER-DISHES

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

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A PAIR OF DOUCAI SAUCER-DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each painted to the centre of the interior with a peach tree forming a shou character issuing ripe fruits growing beside pierced rock on a mossy patch, the reverse with three similar fruiting trees
5¾in. (14.6cm.) diam. (2)
Literature
A Qianlong marked example from the Wah Kwong Collection was included in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1973, Catalogue, no. 92

A Daoguang-marked example of this type of dish in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, pl. 116; and another from the Weishaupt Collection by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, no. 59.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 107
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 107

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