AN UNUSUAL IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH

YONGZHENG SEAL MARK IN BLACK ENAMEL AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD

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AN UNUSUAL IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH
YONGZHENG SEAL MARK IN BLACK ENAMEL AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
The dish has rounded sides, and is decorated in the interior in iron-red with a five-clawed dragon leaping amidst blue ruyi clouds and flame scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl. A similar frieze of two dragons is on the exterior.
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private Chicago collection.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, early 1970s.

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Lot Essay

Compare the wine warmer with very similar decoration of iron-red dragons amidst underglaze blue-clouds, and also bearing a black-enamel Yongzheng seal mark, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 24-25 October 1993, lot 828. See, also, the similarly decorated bowl with Yongzheng seal mark in black enamel, sold at Sotheby's New York, 19 March 1997, lot 311.

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