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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is well painted on the interior in underglaze-blue and enamelled in vibrant tones of green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine, with a pair of five-clawed dragons and a pair of phoenix arranged around a central peony blossom amidst other scattered flowers and buds growing from leafy stems, the inner and outer sides with similar designs of striding dragons and phoenix in flight amidst further blossoms and foliage, all within double-line borders.
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) diam., box
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is well painted on the interior in underglaze-blue and enamelled in vibrant tones of green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine, with a pair of five-clawed dragons and a pair of phoenix arranged around a central peony blossom amidst other scattered flowers and buds growing from leafy stems, the inner and outer sides with similar designs of striding dragons and phoenix in flight amidst further blossoms and foliage, all within double-line borders.
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 8 June 1993, lot 85
Sale room notice
The description of this lot should read:
A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
此拍品之英文描述應爲:
A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
此拍品之英文描述應爲:
A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH
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