Lot 1707. Two doucai dishes, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735); 6¼ and 6½ in. (15.8 and 16.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

The first painted in the interior with a front-facing dragon amidst clouds encircled by four fish borne on crashing waves, the exterior with a further wave border; the second painted with a pomegranate tree in the center and three fruiting branches in the cavetto, the exterior with three peach sprays, each with apocryphal Chenghua mark.

Provenance: First: Christie's, South Kensington, 17 November 1994, lot 486.
Second: Christie's, South Kensington, 17 November 1994, lot 522.

Property from the Silas Friedlander Collection.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011