A doucai saucer dish Qianlong seal mark and of the period
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A doucai saucer dish
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
With shallow sides rising from a straight foot, brightly enamelled to the interior with a central shou character surrounded by radiating lanca characters and interlocking scrolls enclosed within a double circle, the exterior with foliate elements formed into stylised shou characters evenly spaced above further interlocking scrolls.
21cm (8¼in) diam.
Sold for £21,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Christie's London, 8 June 2004, lot 442
    The Inder Rieden Collection

    Compare a similar dish illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p306; another example but with a Daoguang seal mark is illustrated by G.Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no.57.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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