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DRAGONS FROM THE EMPIRE - IMPERIAL CERAMICS FROM THE YIDETANG COLLECTION
         龍行皇天 - 藝德堂珍藏御製陶瓷
         2933

         A MASSIVE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH
         JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
         AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
         The dish is painted with a medallion on the centre of the interior with an ascending
         dragon and descending dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst clouds and above
         foaming waves. The exterior is painted with nine dragons in various attitudes above
         waves, with four pairs confronted on a flaming pearl. The reign mark is inscribed within a
         double-rectangle below the mouth rim on the exterior. The base is unglazed.
         22√ in. (58 cm.) diam., box

         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Christie’s London, 16 November 1999, lot 187
         HK$1,500,000-2,500,000                         US$200,000-320,000


         明嘉靖   青花海水雙龍戲珠紋大盤   雙長方框六字楷書橫款
         來源
         倫敦佳士得,1999 年 11 月 16 日,拍品 187 號



































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