A FAMILLE VERTE DRAGON DISH

QING FAMILLE VERTE

Details

A FAMILLE VERTE DRAGON DISH
CHENGHUA FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, KANGXI

With shallow, rounded sides, the interior decorated with a central green dragon leaping after a flaming pearl amidst green flames and yellow, aubergine and green clouds reserved on a pale green ground, the design repeated on the interior and exterior walls as a frieze of two aubergine dragons at the same pursuit on a darker green ground in the well, the nianhao reserved in white on a black and green circular dragon medallion within an underglaze blue, double line border
11 3/8in. (31.5cm.) diam.

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

Compare a similarly decorated dish with a pair of dragons reserved on a purple ground, also with a four-character Chenghua reign mark reserved on a black medallion on the reverse, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Government Exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1948, vol. II, illustrated both front and reverse in the Catalogue, p. 126, no. 163