An underglaze-blue and iron-red porcelain saucer. Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period

The centre painted with two foliate kuilong with lingzhi sprigs in their mouths, enclosed within double blue lines, the exterior with a frieze of two similar kuilong but with scrolling foliate vines sprouting lingzhi heads in their mouths, all raised on a key-fret decorated foot, the mark centred on the base and enclosed by double circles, fitted box. 11.4cm (4 1/2in) diam. (2). Estimate: HK70,000 - 90,000, $9,000 - 12,000 - Unsold.

Footnote: An identical pair of dishes is illustrated by Qian Zhenzong in Qingdai ciqi shangjian, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 92, no. 109.

清雍正 青花礬紅夔龍啣芝碟 六字楷書款

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