Doucai Enamel Shou-Character Dish, Qing Dynasty, Daoguang Mark and Period

China, Qing dynasty, Daoguang Mark and Period
Dimensions: 8 1/4″ (21cm) Dia

The rounded sides raised on a tapering foot, enameled to the interior with eight multi-colored shou characters radiating from a central shou medallion, enclosed by interlinking foliate scrolls, the reverse with a band of stylized shou characters between interlaced scrolls at the foot and ‘comma’ motifs encircling the rim. Six-character Daoguang mark in underglaze blue.

For the possible inspiration of this dish see a Yongzheng dish of the same design sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 17th May 1988, lot 215; and a doucai dish with a Qianlong seal mark included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Ch’ing Polychrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1977, cat.no. 85.

Compare with A doucai enamel ‘shou’ dish Seal mark and period of Daoguang, Sotheby’s New York, 19MAR2007, Lot 850.

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