KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A LARGE AUBERGINE-GLAZED DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The shallow, rounded sides rising to an everted rim, incised on the interior with a scaly five-clawed dragon writhing amidst clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl below two dragons on the sides, and with two further dragons on the exterior, all under a deep aubergine glaze
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) diam.

Literature

J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 172, no. 144.

Lot Essay

In the catalogue notes for this dish, J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 172, no. 144, suggests that "this dish is part of an imperial dragon service, continuing a style instituted under the Ming, although the colour is relatively new". A dish of identical size was included in the exhibition catalogue, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, p. 74, no. 36, while an example of slightly smaller size is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 144.

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