A doucai 'peach' dish. Qianlong seal mark and of the period

The centre of the interior painted with a fruiting peach tree trained into the form of a shou character, bearing eleven differently patterned peaches, the tree trunk surrounded by rockwork, lingzhi fungus and grasses, the exterior wall decorated with a band of three similar trees alternating with stylised foliate scrolls, box. 14.5cm (5 3/4in) diam. (2). Estmate: HK$140,000-160,000. Sold for HK$168,000

Footnote: A similar dish from the Jingdezhen Pottery and Porcelain Museum collection with a Yongzheng mark is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Porcelain of Jiangxi Province, Beijing, 2005, p. 136; and a pair of dishes with an identical design was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 566.

清乾隆 鬥彩壽桃靈芝盤 六字篆書款

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