Important Chinese Art

Important Chinese Art

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Property from a Canadian Private Collection

A doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish, Jiaqing seal mark and period | 清嘉慶 鬥彩暗八仙紋折腰盤 《大清嘉慶年製》款

Auction Closed

March 17, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish

Jiaqing seal mark and period

清嘉慶 鬥彩暗八仙紋折腰盤

《大清嘉慶年製》款


the flaring sides resting on a straight foot, the cavetto evenly spaced with 'Eight Daoist Emblems' each decorated with ribbons and a floral bough between underglaze-blue double-line borders, the well with a lobed medallion of green-enameled interlocking stems issuing peaches and lotus blossoms toward a central flowerhead, the reverse richly enameled with scrolling foliate vines bearing buds and blossoms, a band of upright ruyi heads encircling the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue


Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.

Canadian Private Collection, acquired from the above between the 1960s and 1980s, and thence by descent. 


來源

Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦

加拿大私人收藏，1960年代至1980年代購於上述處，此後家族傳承

During the Qing dynasty, the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' (anbaxian) became a popular decorative motif, conveying the auspicious blessings of the immortals to whom they belong. For a similar example, see one sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2011, lot 427; a pair sold at Christie's New York, 16th September 2010, lot 1436; and another sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2012, lot 2363.