A LARGE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH

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A LARGE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH
kangxi six-character mark and of the period

Enamelled with a central panel of two confronting dragons each holding a flaming pearl amongst fire and cloud-scrolls, similarly decorated in the deep curving well and around the exterior with two dragons in mutual pursuit, a band of floral lappets above the foot, all on an underglaze-blue ground, rim frits, restored
14 3/8in. (36.5cm.) diam.

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Cf. the similar dish in the Hong Kong Museum of Art Exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, 1984, Catalogue no.25; another in in the Exhibition of Famous Pieces of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Osaka, 1983, Catalogue no.81

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