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Lot 512
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE RUBY-BACK DISHES QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Sold
20,000 USD
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • Diameter 8 1/8  in., 20.6 cm
each vibrantly enameled to the center with a magpie perched on a branch of blossoming prunus, with peony flowers in bloom below,  all framed by scattered floral and fruit sprays at the rim, the underside applied with a raspberry-red enamel (2)

Provenance

Mark Collection, no. M60 (label). 
John Sparks Ltd., London.
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and thence by descent. 
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