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Various owners 各方藏家 Dishes with this particular decoration of a pair of dragons surrounding
another large sinuous dragon on the centre, with large horned heads
179 on sinuous bodies surrounded by stylised T-shaped clouds and
A blue and white ‘dragon’ dish flames, appear to have begun during the Kangxi reign. Many of the
Daoguang seal mark and of the period Kangxi period examples are applied with yellow enamel, including one
Well painted with a centralised dragon in flight amidst flames and in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol.1,
scrolling clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the cavetto and exterior Beijing, pp.138-141, no.36. Daoguang examples, such as the present
similarly decorated with pairs of striding dragons with a band of lotus dish, are noticeably more uniform in the composition of the bodies and
leaf lappets at the foot, all reserved on a blue ground, the base with a scales of the dragons, as well as the clouds. Compare with a similar
six-character zhuanshu seal mark. yellow-enamelled Daoguang example illustrated in Imperial Porcelain
25.1cm (9 7/8in) diam. of Late Qing, Hong Kong, 1983, p.57, no.26.

HK$100,000 - 150,000 See a similar dish sold at Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013,
US$13,000 - 19,000 lot 1492; and another at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot
2160.
清道光 青花雲龍戲珠紋盤 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款
相關例子請參閱北京故宮博物院藏一件施黃釉的例子，見《清代御
Provenance 來源： 窯瓷器》，第一冊，北京，頁138-141，編號36；也見《晚清官窯瓷
A European private collection and thence by descent 器》，香港，1983年，頁57，編號26。再參考紐約佳士得，2013年3
月21-22日，拍品編號1492和2014年3月20-21日，拍品編號2160。
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