A DOUCAI 'PHOENIX' SAUCER DISH

DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A DOUCAI 'PHOENIX' SAUCER DISH
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted to the interior with three stylised archaic phonenixes amongst scrolling foliage and flowers within double lines at the well and border, the exterior with four stylised phoenixes, flower-heads and foliage
7½in. (19cm) diam.
Literature
A similar example from the Umezawa Kinenkan Museum is illustrted in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, pls 240 and 241; another from the Weishaupt Collection is illustrated by Avitabile, from the Dragon's Treasure, no. 60.
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 29
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 29

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