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

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A PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER IRON RED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each shallow dish is decorated in the center and the well with a large dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst flames, and on the exterior with four floral sprays.
15 ¾ in, (39.8 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Collection of Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li (1901-1981), and thence by descent to the present owner.

Lot Essay

The design of a single, bold dragon exhibited on the present pair of dishes is quite unusual. It is more common to find large iron-red-decorated ‘dragon’ dishes from the Guangxu period decorated with a pair of confronted dragons, such as the example illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, p. 116, no. 115.

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