QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE AND RARE DOUCAI DRAGON DISH
Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
Finely-potted with slightly everted rim and standing on a low foot, decorated with underglaze blue outlines and overglaze enamels in doucai style, on the interior a central medallion containing a writhing five-clawed dragon chasing an iron red flaming pearl amidst clouds and five colourful extended clouds in the cavetto, on the exterior multi-coloured clouds and cresting waves.
7 7/8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A slightly smaller Yongzheng doucai dish of this design was sold in our Hong Kong rooms in October 1990, lot 505, and a pair of Yongzheng doucai saucer dishes with this design was also sold in our Hong Kong rooms in March 1991, lot 592.

Another slightly smaller Yongzheng doucai example is in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, published in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, no. 45, while a pair from a private Hong Kong collection is illustrated in The Min Chiu Society Anthology of Chinese Art, pl. 175.

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