CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)

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PLAT EN PORCELAINE A FOND BLEU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
Orné à l'intérieur d'un grand médaillon circulaire décoré d'un dragon féroce à cinq griffes, tentant d'attraper la perle sacrée, la bordure rehaussée à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur de deux dragons pourchassant la perle sacrée parmi les nuages, marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Kangxi en bleu sous couverte à la base ; petites égrenures
Diamètre: 25,3 cm. (9 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Christie's, 8 December 1986, lot 354.

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Further details

A YELLOW-GLAZED BLUE-GROUND DISH
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

Lot Essay

The present dish is a superb example for its strong coloration and controlled use of the blue ground.
A Kangxi dish of this pattern is illustrated in the Tokyo National Museum Catalogue, Japan 1965, no.615; one from the Yokogawa Collection, also in the Tokyo National Museum, is illustrated in Toki Zenshu, no.16, pl.16.
See also the identical dish sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 27 October 2003, lot 680 and another sold in our New York Rooms, 22 March 2007, lot 330.

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