QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A HORIZONTAL LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' STEM DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A HORIZONTAL LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow dish has straight sides and stands on a spreading foot. The foot is decorated with a five-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl above a fish amidst crashing waves.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Similar Qianlong-marked stem-dishes were exhibited in S. Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Blue and White, 11 June - 22 June 1984, Catalogue, nos.24 and 25; another three have been sold in Christies Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 153, 30 April 1996, lot 437, and 27 April 98, lot 726.

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