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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE 'DRAGON' DISHES

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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE 'DRAGON' DISHES
ENCIRCLED KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Enamelled to the centre of each interior with one green and one blue scaly, five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls, within double-line borders, the exterior enamelled with four flying cranes alternating with ruyi-head clouds, all reserved on a pale lemon-yellow ground, biscuit cavity to underside (rim hairline)
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Similar dishes of this pattern and date were included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1977, Catalogue, no. 35, and in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, Catalogue, no. 46.

Cf. also to a very similar dish sold in these Rooms, 26 September 1989, lot 612; another was sold in our New York Rooms, 1 June 1990, lot 280.
(US$12,000-16,000)

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