YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GREEN-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish is painted on the centre of the interior with a double-line underglaze-blue medallion enclosing a ferocious five-clawed ascending dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst clouds outlined in blue and filled with green enamel. The exterior is similarly decorated with a pair of dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls.
8 5/16 in. (21 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find a dish of this design with a Yongzheng mark. A nearly identical dish is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K’ang-his, Yung-cheng and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 43. For Yongzheng-marked examples sold at auction, see a pair sold at Christie’s Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 208, and a one sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2012, lot 1533.

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