Descriptif du lot
A similar dish was illustrated by The Art Gallery; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in their book of Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from The Kwan Collection, 1983, no. 57, p. 75.
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PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE INCISED YELLOW AND GREEN ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Details
A FINE INCISED YELLOW AND GREEN ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish has a petal-shaped mouth rim and is decorated to the centre with a writhing five-clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl, enclosed by two further dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst flower sprays to the well. The exterior is similarly decorated with dragons.
5 ¼. in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The dish has a petal-shaped mouth rim and is decorated to the centre with a writhing five-clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl, enclosed by two further dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst flower sprays to the well. The exterior is similarly decorated with dragons.
5 ¼. in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
From a private Japanese collection; illustrated in Shincho Kogwei No Bi, The Beauty of Fine Art in the Qing Period, Osaka City Museum, 1992, catalogue no. 184.
Présenté par
Leila de vos van Steenwijk