10 Nov 2003
11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The du Boulay Collection of Chinese Ceramics
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The du Boulay Collection of Chinese Ceramics
Back to auction 10430
A rare doucai saucer dish
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Boldly enamelled to the interior of the gently rounded body with a large and ferocious iron-red five-clawed dragon, the long sinuous body writhing in and out of doucai foaming waves and ruyi-head cloud scrolls and iron-red fire scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the exterior similarly decorated with two ferocious dragons (restored rim chip),
33cm.(12 7/8in.) diam.
du Boulay Collection no.P349
Boldly enamelled to the interior of the gently rounded body with a large and ferocious iron-red five-clawed dragon, the long sinuous body writhing in and out of doucai foaming waves and ruyi-head cloud scrolls and iron-red fire scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the exterior similarly decorated with two ferocious dragons (restored rim chip),
33cm.(12 7/8in.) diam.
du Boulay Collection no.P349
Sold for
£17,925
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Breibart Collection
Exhibited:
The London Asian Art Fair, Porcelain for Emperors, June 2003, Catalogue no.36
While no other Yongzheng-marked dish of this design appears to be recorded, smaller Kangxi-marked examples are known; see Sotheby's, Fine Chinese Ceramics, London, 19 June 2002, lot 47; Sotheby's, Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 15 November 1983, lot 259; and Sotheby's, Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 8 November 1982, lot 190
Category: Asian Art
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