JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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AN INCISED YELLOW AND GREEN ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' SAUCER DISH
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
This dish has a petal-shaped rim and is decorated to the centre with a five-clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl amongst floral sprays, enclosed by two similar decorated dragons in pursuit. The exterior is incised with eight chrysanthemum, camellia, peony and hibiscus flowerheads.
5 1/8. in. (13 cm.) diam.

Provenance

From a private Japanese collection.
With Marchant & Son, London, included in their 80th Anniversary catalogue of Recent Acquisitions, 2005, no. 56.

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Lot Essay

Jiaqing examples with this decoration appear to be particularly rare, a pair of Qianlong examples from the T. Y Chao Collection are illustrated in Catalogue of Ch'ing Porcelain from The Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no.41.

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