doucai dish

A rare and large doucai dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Diameter 19 3/8 in., 49.2 cm. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Christie’s London, 17th June 2003, lot 53. Note: The exactitude and technical prowess required to produce the present dish is remarkable. Doucai work is held in such high regard that Kangxi examples are typically set into a category of their own. Many are marked with six character reign marks or apocryphal Chenghua marks, a reference to an era famous for the quality of its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 74. A doucai dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 7 3/4 in., 19.8 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's painted in the center with a taiji symbol centering a petal medallion encircled by the 'Eight Trigrams', a border of foaming waves and a foliate scroll band at the flared rim, the exterior with a wave border, six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.  Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1368. A rare doucai dish, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735); 8 3/8 in. (20.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The dish has shallow, rounded sides, and is finely decorated in the center of the interior with two ladies in a garden setting, one playing a qin, below prunus, pine and bamboo, representing the 'Three Friends of Winter' in the well. The exterior is decorated with bamboo extending around the sides. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 872. A doucai dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); Dish 4½ in. (11.3 cm.) diam., cups 2¼ in. (6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014  The shallow dish is decorated on the interior with a stylized peach tree below fruiting and flowering branches in the well. Together with a pair of small iron-red-decorated 'dragon' cups, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1373. A fine pair of small doucai dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Each dish with shallow rounded sides is decorated in the center with a stylized hibiscus borne on a leafy stem surrounded by further scrolling leaves and tendrils, the design repeated as a frieze on the exterior above a narrow band of ruyi heads,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 349. A fine and rare large doucai dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 10 11/16 in. (27.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 45,600. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007 The interior decorated with a central stylized iron-red peony blossom surrounded by four similar blossoms enclosed within heart-shaped reserves formed by the curving leafy tendrils, the pattern repeated as a frieze on the exterior... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3828. A rare Ming doucai dish, Jiajing six-character mark within double-squares and of the period (1522-1566); 5 3/4 in. (14.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 200,000. Price Realized HKD 1,160,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The shallow flared sides with sharply-angled base supported on a narrow ring foot, the exterior decorated with a frieze of detached lingzhi sprays in underglaze-blue, iron-red and yellow with underglaze-blue outlines, beneath a double... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3591. A large doucai dish, Kangxi period, circa 1670. Estimate $18,000 – $25,000. Price Realized $131,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The large dish, with wide, flat, everted rim, is decorated with a scene of King Ding Xing on horseback approaching a Buddhist monk and a Daoist priest on the left, and accompanied by ladies on horseback and attendants. The channeled foot encloses a double circle on the base. 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.) diam. Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, Ltd., London,... [Lire la suite]