Lot Essay
This design and color combination appears to be based on Kangxi examples, such as the dish illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, p. 349, no. 1047
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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON DISHES
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
Each with rounded sides rising to a slightly lipped rim, decorated on the interior with a central five-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the same motif repeated in the well and on the exterior above a band of petal lappets, all in yellow reserved against a deep blue, wash background, rim and glaze chips
9 7/8in. (25.2cm.) diam. (2)
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
Each with rounded sides rising to a slightly lipped rim, decorated on the interior with a central five-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the same motif repeated in the well and on the exterior above a band of petal lappets, all in yellow reserved against a deep blue, wash background, rim and glaze chips
9 7/8in. (25.2cm.) diam. (2)