A doucai'Shou' dish, Qianlong mark and period. Photo Sotheby's.
the rounded sides supported on a straight foot, painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a shou character roundel surrounded by eight further shou characters and interlocking ruyi strapwork, the exterior similarly decorated with stylized shou characters between a band of C-scrolls and interlocking ruyi scrolls, six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 8 1/4 in., 20.7 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 25,000 USD
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27th April 1993, lot 188.
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