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DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish is decorated in the center with a medallion enclosing a writhing iron-red dragon on an underglaze blue ground of cresting waves, the exterior with nine further iron-red dragons on a similar ground below a band of florettes. Together with a blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark and probably of the period, decorated on the exterior in rich shades of underglaze blue with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst clouds, the interior with a central medallion of a leaping dragon.
Dish 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam., bowl 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish is decorated in the center with a medallion enclosing a writhing iron-red dragon on an underglaze blue ground of cresting waves, the exterior with nine further iron-red dragons on a similar ground below a band of florettes. Together with a blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark and probably of the period, decorated on the exterior in rich shades of underglaze blue with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst clouds, the interior with a central medallion of a leaping dragon.
Dish 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam., bowl 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Alfred E. Guntermann (1943-2013) Collection.
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