A RARE INCISED AUBERGINE-GLAZED DISH

QING CERAMICS

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A RARE INCISED AUBERGINE-GLAZED DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

The interior medallion finely incised with a sinuous ascending dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', surrounded by a pair of striding dragons on the cavetto, the exterior similarly decorated with a further pair of striding dragons above a band of stylised lotus petals, all amidst a background of jagged flames and ruyi clouds, covered with an enamel of vibrant purple tone, the transparent glaze base bearing the reign mark (minor enamel loss to rim)
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) diam., box

Exhibited

Messrs S. Marchant & Son, London, Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-coloured Wares, Catalogue, 1992, no. 9.

Lot Essay

Compare with two identical Kangxi-marked dishes, the first illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, part I, pl. 144; and the other from the Koger Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics - the Koger Collection, 1985, p. 172, pl. 144. It has been suggested that this vibrant purple glaze was an innovation of the late Kangxi period, and the Koger dish was 'part of an imperial dragon service, continuing a style instituted under the Ming', op. cit., 1985, p. 172.

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