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Lot 76
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A Doucai 'Mandarin Duck' Dish Yongzheng Mark and Period

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
the rounded sides supported on a slightly tapered foot, the exterior painted with mandarin ducks swimming in a pond amidst lotus and aquatic plants, inscribed to the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double-circle

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st December 1977, lot 537.

Exhibited

From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 111.

Condition

In good condition; a minute rim chip (1mm) and a faint 3mm glaze imperfection or flake to the rim.
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