A LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED DRAGON DISH

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Details
A LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED DRAGON DISH
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted to the interior with a pair of five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amdist clouds and fire scrolls, the border and details picked out in gilt, restored rim chips, hairline rim crack, surface scratches
13 5/8in. (34.5cm.) diam.
Literature
A similar pair of dishes sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 26 September 1989, lot 802
Exhibited
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Kwan Collection, 1983, Catalogue, no. 115
National Museum of History, Taipei, Imperial Porcelain of late Ch'ing, From the Kwan Collection, 1985, Catalogue, no. 115

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