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QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A FINE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each boldy painted on the interior in vibrant cobalt-blue tones to depict an upright dragon, rising in a sinous curl in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', all within scattered cloud scrolls above breaking waves, the angled mouth rim with the exterior low vertical sides, decorated with stylised ruyi-heads, the flat underside with interlocking pomegranates encircling the circular high foot
6 in. (15.4 cm.) diam., box (2)
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each boldy painted on the interior in vibrant cobalt-blue tones to depict an upright dragon, rising in a sinous curl in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', all within scattered cloud scrolls above breaking waves, the angled mouth rim with the exterior low vertical sides, decorated with stylised ruyi-heads, the flat underside with interlocking pomegranates encircling the circular high foot
6 in. (15.4 cm.) diam., box (2)
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 8 October 1990, lot 488
Greenwald Collection, no. 59
Greenwald Collection, no. 59
Literature
Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, Catalogue, no. 59
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