A YELLOW AND BLUE DRAGON DISH
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A YELLOW AND BLUE DRAGON DISH

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A YELLOW AND BLUE DRAGON DISH
Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722)
Decorated with a five-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, with a frieze of similar decoration on the interior and exterior walls, all in a rich yellow glaze reserved on a bright blue ground
9 7/8in. (25cm.), box

Lot Essay

Compare a pair of similar dishes included in the exhibition, Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-Coloured Wares, S Marchant & Son, London, June 1992, p. 17, no. 3 and a single dish illustrated in Chugoku bijutsu - Ten; Min, Shin no bijutsu (Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties), Osaka Municipal Art Museum, 1980, p. 32, no. 1:129. See, also, another pair sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29 April 2001, lot 693.

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