PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. KELLEY
A PAIR OF DOUCAI DRAGON DISHES
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF DOUCAI DRAGON DISHES
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With shallow rounded sides, the centers painted with an iron-red dragon with yellow face leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl against a ground of rolling green waves, with eight dragons leaping amidst clouds below a diaper ground in underglaze blue on the exterior, with apocryphal Chenghua marks on the base
8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm.) diam., box (2)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With shallow rounded sides, the centers painted with an iron-red dragon with yellow face leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl against a ground of rolling green waves, with eight dragons leaping amidst clouds below a diaper ground in underglaze blue on the exterior, with apocryphal Chenghua marks on the base
8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm.) diam., box (2)
Provenance
Acquired circa 1960s-1974, and thence by descent within the family.
Brought to you by
Krystelle Sun
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