Sale 1793
New York
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23 January 2007
Price realised
USD 2,160
Estimate
A MOLDED BLUE WHITE AND DISH KANGXI PERIOD In the center three large peony blooms on a field of curling tendrils, the petal-molded rim showing flowering plants and edged in ruyi-heads and lotus scroll, on the back the panels pencilled as petals with alternate rose and lotus blooms, six-character Jiajing mark 14in. (35.6cm.) diameter
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