Lot 3717. A pair of doucai 'magpie' dishes, Kangxi marks and period (1662-1722); 15.8 cm., 6 1/4  in. Estimate 180,000 — 250,000 HKD. Lot Sold 525,000 HKD (53,542 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

each delicately potted with shallow rounded sides resting on a slightly tapered foot, finely painted on the interior with a medallion enclosing two long-tailed magpies, one perched on a prunus branch amidst rockwork, the other soaring from above with outstretched wings amongst cloud swirls, the underside with two sprays of blooming prunus separated by bamboo sprays, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a three-column six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 11th April 2008, lot 2906.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 october 2014