A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'TWIN FISH' DISH

Lot 1560
25.09.2020 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 27 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 395500
Lot 1560 | A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'TWIN FISH' DISH
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$ 25 000 – 35 000
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'TWIN FISH' DISH

WANLI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

The dish is decorated in the center in deep shades of underglaze blue with two fish amidst sea plants and is similarly decorated on the reverse with five fish. The base is inscribed with a four-character seal mark which reads, dehua changchun ('influence with virtue, everlasting spring').

7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) diam.

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