YongZheng - A DOUCAI BIRTHDAY SAUCER DISH, YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
 
 

With a shallow rounded sides, the interior finely painted with five iron-red bats (wufu) flying around a fruiting peach tree growing from the side of a cliff that overhangs a blue rock rising from breaking green waves, the exterior with pairs of bats alternating with four fruiting branches, each incorporating a SHOU medallion, all within double blue line borders 6 1/16 in. (15.3cm) diam.

Provenance:
Hugh Moss Ltd., London, 1972.


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