Details A DOUCAI MANDARIN DUCK’ DISHYONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERID (1723-1735)The dish is decorated on the exterior in doucai and iron-red with mandarin ducks in a lotus pond. The interior is decorated in famille noire with blossoming magnolia and chrysanthemum branches emerging next to ornamental rocks.5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam. Provenance John Sparks, London, 25 June 1949 (Fig. 1)The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 643 Literature The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, p. 10, cat. no. 47 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, 23 May – 21 July 1951, no. 47 Conditions of sale