QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' FOLIATE DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each dish is finely potted with rounded sides rising to a foliate rim, enamelled to the interior with a five-clawed front-facing dragon and a 'flaming pearl' within a medallion, surrounded by two striding dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' around the well, all in green enamels against a yellow ground, the pattern repeated on the reverse side. The double-line borders are outlined with aubergine enamel.
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Sold at Christie's New York, 18 March 1991, lot 612; Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 1994, lot 571

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Lot Essay

A pair of dishes of this pattern, but with a frieze of detached flower sprays on the reverse, replacing the dragons, from the T. Y. Chao Collection, was exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 41; and a single dish was included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, 1992, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 155. Another pair of dishes of identical design was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 2001, lot 828.

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