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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED 'BATS' CUPS AND COVERS, A LARGE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' DISH AND A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND INCISED 'DRAGON' DISHES
THE CUPS AND COVERS: TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)THE DISHES: GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED 'BATS' CUPS AND COVERS, A LARGE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' DISH AND A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND INCISED 'DRAGON' DISHES
THE CUPS AND COVERS: TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
THE DISHES: GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The pair of yellow-ground cups and covers are decorated with numerous iron-red bats in flight. The large dish is decorated to the interior with a central dragon flanked by two other dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The exterior is similarly decorated with two dragons. Each of the yellow-ground dishes are incised with a central dragon amongst clouds chasing the flaming pearl. The reverse is similarly decorated with two confronting dragons in pursuit.
The largest, 14 in. ( 35.6 cm.) diam.
THE CUPS AND COVERS: TONGZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
THE DISHES: GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The pair of yellow-ground cups and covers are decorated with numerous iron-red bats in flight. The large dish is decorated to the interior with a central dragon flanked by two other dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The exterior is similarly decorated with two dragons. Each of the yellow-ground dishes are incised with a central dragon amongst clouds chasing the flaming pearl. The reverse is similarly decorated with two confronting dragons in pursuit.
The largest, 14 in. ( 35.6 cm.) diam.
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Kate Hunt
Director, Head of Department