JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE PAIR OF RARE IRON-RED AND YELLOW ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISHES
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
Each is painted in iron red over an egg-yolk yellow enamel ground and pencilled in black enamel with a central medallion enclosing a ferocious dragon striding amid a lotus scroll, below the cavetto with a band of lotus meander showing eight blooms encircled by their stem. The exterior is similarly enamelled with a pair of striding dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, all within single and double line borders.
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Lot Essay

It was during the Jiajing period that a great range of two-colour combinations, such as red on yellow, green on yellow, yellow on red, red on green, blue on yellow and others, was experimented with and introduced to imperial wares. Compare to a similar Jiajing-marked dish of the same design and palette, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 1994, lot 567. Compare also to Jiajing-marked jars of this palette painted with similar striding dragons amid clouds and lingzhi scrolls, such as an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum number: guci006090N, and another example in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, included in the O.C.S. exhibition catalogue, Iron in the Fire, London, 1988, no. 64, where it is suggested that wares of this palette received three firings.

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