Lot Essay
A larger dish with almost identical design and the same hallmark is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, p. 104, no. 96, and front cover.
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PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION
A RARE AND MASSIVE FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' DISH
CHU XIU GONG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Details
A RARE AND MASSIVE FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' DISH
CHU XIU GONG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The dish is finely and heavily potted with shallow, rounded sides, and the interior is decorated in rich yellow, green, turquoise and aubergine with branches of peony, citron and camellia emerging from rocks, all partially obscuring incised decoration of a pair of five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst flames below a band of incised flowering branches. The exterior is incised with two further pairs of five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls, partially obscured by four flowering branches including peony, camellia and chrysanthemum.
25 ¼ in. (64.3 cm.) diam.
CHU XIU GONG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
The dish is finely and heavily potted with shallow, rounded sides, and the interior is decorated in rich yellow, green, turquoise and aubergine with branches of peony, citron and camellia emerging from rocks, all partially obscuring incised decoration of a pair of five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst flames below a band of incised flowering branches. The exterior is incised with two further pairs of five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls, partially obscured by four flowering branches including peony, camellia and chrysanthemum.
25 ¼ in. (64.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Collection of Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li (1901-1981), and thence by descent to the present owner.