Lot Essay
This dish is illustrated in an article on glaze bubbles and dating of porcelain by Stephen C Wallace and Geraldine Kenney-Wallace in Physics World, 2016, volume 29, pp.34-38.
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DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
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A FINE GREEN-GLAZED 'DRAGON' DISH
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish has shallow rounded sides and is decorated with a central five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst fire scrolls. The exterior is similarly decorated with two dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish has shallow rounded sides and is decorated with a central five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst fire scrolls. The exterior is similarly decorated with two dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
With Antik West, No. 4334, Goteborg, Sweden.
The Collection of Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FInstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
The Collection of Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FInstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
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