The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023
Lot 1203
A CHINESE DOUCAI JARDINIERE
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £6048
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Description
A CHINESE DOUCAI JARDINIERE
18TH CENTURY
The exterior painted with two large panels, each enclosing a qilin standing on green rocks and breathing fire, the panels divided by smaller panels with a magpie on a prunus branch and butterflies amidst chrysanthemum, all on a cell-diaper ground, with a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.81', 22.5cm.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006. no.81.