A MING TURQUOISE-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON DISH, with rounded sides and flaring rim, incised with two dragons amidst clouds pursuing flaming pearls, the dragons incised and over-glazed in bright turquoise blue, all on a deep blue ground on the exterior, the interior plain (crack), | Christie's

Lot 24

A MING TURQUOISE-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON DISH, with rounded sides and flaring rim, incised with two dragons amidst clouds pursuing flaming pearls, the dragons incised and over-glazed in bright turquoise blue, all on a deep blue ground on the exterior, the interior plain (crack),

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A MING TURQUOISE-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND DRAGON DISH, with rounded sides and flaring rim, incised with two dragons amidst clouds pursuing flaming pearls, the dragons incised and over-glazed in bright turquoise blue, all on a deep blue ground on the exterior, the interior plain (crack),

late 15th/early 16th Century
18cm. diam.

Provenance

Frederic Poiret

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar dish in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, illustrated by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, pl.68, where a Chenghua date is suggested

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