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-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish is decorated to the interior with a central five-clawed dragon amongst fire scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl, enclosed within an underglaze blue and green enamelled border, repeated at the rim. The reverse is similarly decorated with two dragons, their scales and facial features finely detailed in black, enclosed within green and underglaze blue borders.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish is decorated to the interior with a central five-clawed dragon amongst fire scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl, enclosed within an underglaze blue and green enamelled border, repeated at the rim. The reverse is similarly decorated with two dragons, their scales and facial features finely detailed in black, enclosed within green and underglaze blue borders.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
With Marchant & Son Ltd., London, 29th September 2004.
The collection of Processor Stephen Charles Wallace, FIstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
The collection of Processor Stephen Charles Wallace, FIstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
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