AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH

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$ 15 000
Auction dateClassic
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 1130 | AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The interior is decorated with a five-clawed dragon writhing amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below two further dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds in the well, and the exterior is similarly decorated above a band of petal lappets, all in lemon yellow reserved on an underglaze-blue ground.

9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) diam.







Provenance

Alice Motley Woodbury (1859-1933) Collection, Rochester, New York.

The Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York, accessioned in 1975.
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