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739 A LARGE WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ DISH
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN The present dish is remarkable for its well-preserved
A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722) enamels, which remain bright and lustrous. The dragon
and the phoenix decoration, two auspicious creatures
The dish is decorated in the center with pairs of fve-clawed which represent the Emperor and the Empress respectively,
dragons and phoenixes in fight amidst peony leaves and suggest that the dish was intended for an aristocratic and
blossoms, and the well is decorated en suite with dragons, infuential owner.
phoenixes and peony. The exterior is also decorated
with dragons and phoenixes amidst morning glory and A few dishes of similar size and decoration are preserved in
chrysanthemum fowers and leafy stems. important museum collections: one example in the Palace
12æ in. (32.4 cm.) diam. Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome
$70,000-90,000 and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 144, no. 132,
and another is illustrated by J. Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics
PROVENANCE in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, no. 192.
A further example is illustrated by Yang Boda, The Tsui
Private collection, Montmorency, France. Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong
Kong, 1995, no. 98.
清康熙 五彩龍鳳紋大盤 雙圈六字楷書款
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