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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE 'LOTUS' DISH DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND CARP' DISHES AND A 'LOTUS' DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE 'LOTUS' DISH DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The pair of dishes is decorated with a four-clawed dragon and a carp emerging from rolling waves. The interior and exterior rims are decorated with a band of radiating petals, some containing flaming pearls and others carp and flowers. Each base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark. The third dish is decorated to the interior and exterior with lotus heads on a ground of stylised foliate scrolls.
The largest, 6 3/8. in. (16.2 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE 'LOTUS' DISH DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The pair of dishes is decorated with a four-clawed dragon and a carp emerging from rolling waves. The interior and exterior rims are decorated with a band of radiating petals, some containing flaming pearls and others carp and flowers. Each base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark. The third dish is decorated to the interior and exterior with lotus heads on a ground of stylised foliate scrolls.
The largest, 6 3/8. in. (16.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The 'lotus' dish: Christie's London, 15th July 2005, lot 85.
The Collection of Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FInstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
The Collection of Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FInstP, and Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FInstP.
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