IRON-RED ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)

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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH
IRON-RED ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
With shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, enamelled in iron-red in the central medallion of the interior with a striding five-clawed dragon among clouds and flames, below two anhua phoenix moulded around the well, and with four iron-red fish above the foot on the exterior
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

E. T. Hall Collection, no. 135

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Lot Essay

This rare Zhengde marked 'dragon' dish is decorated solely with iron red, and it appears that no other dish of the same design has been published. A Zhengde marked 'dragon' bowl, painted with two iron-red dragons striding above green-enamelled waves, in the Idemitsu Museum is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, 1986, no. 176. Interestingly, the mark on this bowl is also a four-character mark painted in iron red.

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