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Lot Essay
The centre is finely carved with a medallion enclosing a chi dragon leaping among puffs of cloud. The exterior is carved with a border of upright overlapping petals, covered overall with an elegant pale celadon glaze to imitate the Ru ware.
A Yongzheng dish of the same pattern from the T. Y. Chao collection is illustrated in Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T Y Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, no.46, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 286. Another example in the Shanghai Museum, previously from the collection of J. M. Hu, is illustrated in Qing Imperial Monochromes – the Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, no.7; a further example formerly in the Tsui Museum of Art, is recorded in Chinese Ceramics - Qing Dynasty, IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 20.
The dish is likely modelled after the Longquan prototype. Compare to a similarly decorated Yuan dynasty Longquan ‘dragon’ dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: gu 00143222.
A Yongzheng dish of the same pattern from the T. Y. Chao collection is illustrated in Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T Y Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, no.46, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 286. Another example in the Shanghai Museum, previously from the collection of J. M. Hu, is illustrated in Qing Imperial Monochromes – the Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, no.7; a further example formerly in the Tsui Museum of Art, is recorded in Chinese Ceramics - Qing Dynasty, IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 20.
The dish is likely modelled after the Longquan prototype. Compare to a similarly decorated Yuan dynasty Longquan ‘dragon’ dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: gu 00143222.