A PAIR OF SMALL DOUCAI SAUCERS QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

each with shallow rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the centre of the interior painted with a lotus medallion enclosed by double under-glaze blue rings, the cavetto further painted with four lotus blooms amidst scrolling folliage interrupted by gilt shou characters, all below a lotus scroll border at the rim, the reverse painted with three scattered spigs of ruyi-heads and the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark

Apart from some scattered pin-holes and a slight colour alteration around the footrim of one of the saucers, the pair is in overall good condition with intact enamels.
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