A FINE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE SAUCER DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
With delicately potted sides, finely painted to the interior with a double-line medallion enclosing two coiling archaistic winged dragons in iron-red grasping lingzhi sprays, a matching frieze of two further dragons and lingzhi scrolls on the underside, between a key-fret band in underglaze-blue on the footrim and a double-line border around the rim
4.5 in. (11.4 cm.) diam., box
Lot Essay
A pair of dishes of the same size and pattern sold Christie's London, 20 June 1984, lot 278.
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