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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
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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
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來源
倫敦佳士得,1999 年 11 月 16 日,拍品 187 號
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