A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISHES

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
With shallow rounded sides, each painted in the center with a dragon leaping amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the motif repeated in a surrounding frieze and again on the exterior above a petal lappet border, all reserved on a cobalt-blue ground
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

It does not appear that any dish of this size and decoration with a Guangxu six-character mark has been published. However, a similarly decorated dish, of larger size, with a 'Chuxiugong zhi' mark, in the Weishaupt Collection, is illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, p. 109, no. 157.

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