A PAIR OF GREEN-GLAZED DRAGON DISHES

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

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A PAIR OF GREEN-GLAZED DRAGON DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each dish is decorated on the interior with a dragon leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst clouds, and on the exterior with two striding dragons at similar pursuit reserved on a ground of incised waves, all within line borders and in green glaze detailed in black.
7 ¼ in. (18.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Baroness Giovanella Caetani Collection, Rome, acquired in 1907-1908.
Livia Durazzo Collection, Rome.
Donatello Durazzo Collection, Paris and New York, and thence by descent within the family.

Lot Essay

Baroness Giovanella Caetani was the wife of Baron Alberic Grenier, Belgian Ambassador to the court of the Guangxu Emperor. During her visit with her husband in 1907-1908, Baroness Giovanella was presented to the Dowager Empress Cixi, with the Guangxu Emperor in attendance. The present pair of dishes was acquired during this visit.

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