Lot Essay
Compare with a slightly larger dish of this period and decoration sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1997, lot 407.
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Details
A RARE INCISED BLUE-GLAZED 'DRAGON' DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With shallow everted sides rising to a flared rim, covered on the exterior with a deep blue glaze stopping short of the white-glazed rim and interior, incised in the center with a roundel of a writhing dragon confronting a 'flaming pearl' amidst cloud scrolls
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese box
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With shallow everted sides rising to a flared rim, covered on the exterior with a deep blue glaze stopping short of the white-glazed rim and interior, incised in the center with a roundel of a writhing dragon confronting a 'flaming pearl' amidst cloud scrolls
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection