Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 178
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'MANDARIN DUCK' DISH
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £4500
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Description
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'MANDARIN DUCK' DISH
SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35
Painted to the centre with a medallion enclosing a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming and flying amidst lotus blooms, the underside similarly decorated with a continuous scene, the base with the reign mark in underglaze blue and a paper label for Bluett London, 17.6cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s, purchased from Bluett's.