A PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With shallow rounded sides, the interior painted with a medallion of a five-clawed iron-red dragon leaping against a background of white-capped waves, repeated as a frieze of nine dragons on the exterior below a narrow band of conjoined cash
6 15/16 in. (17.7 cm.) diam., fitted box (2)

Provenance

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 22 November 1984, lot 711.

Lot Essay

Compare the dishes of this pattern in the exhibitions, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collecton, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, no. 70, and The Arts of the Ch'ing Dynasty, O. C. S., London, 1964, no. 235. See, also, Illustrated Catalogue of Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo, 1953, no. 363. A further example is illustrated in the O.C.S. Exhibition of the "Animal in Chinese Art", London, 1968, no. 90.
A similar pair from the Edward T. Chow Collection was sold at Sotheby's, London, 19 May 1981, lot 534.

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