KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN BLACK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A Pair of Small Green and Aubergine-Decorated Yellow-Ground Dishes
Kangxi six-character marks in black within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722)
Each decorated on the interior with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and on the exterior with clusters of grapes pendent from the rim, all in green and aubergine reserved on a yellow ground
5 3/16in. (13.1cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 16 September 1999, lot 354.

Lot Essay

A similarly marked dish of this pattern was included in the exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984-1985, no. 24. Another is in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in the Catalogue, section 5, no. 146.

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