ID 718559
Lot 1130 | AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
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.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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