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A green-enamelled yellow-ground ‘dragon’ dish
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Featuring a five-clawed dragon in flight amidst wispy clouds, its scaly
body twisting and claws reaching for the flaming pearl, the cavetto with
two more encircling dragons, all intricately incised and enamelled in
green on a rich egg-yolk-yellow ground, the base with a six-character
kaishu mark in double circles.
31.1cm (12 1/4in) diam.

HK$400,000 - 450,000
US$49,000 - 58,000

清康熙 黃地綠彩雲龍紋盤 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

The present lot belongs to a well-known group of wares made with
incised decoration, highlighted with green enamel, on a rich yellow-
glazed ground. Dragons are ubiquitous in Chinese art and represent
power and authority further symbolise the emperor. Those found on
the exterior of the current dish, with typically long sinuous flowing
bodies and prominent heads detailed with fierce expressions, are very
similar to those on a Kangxi mark and period yellow-ground green-
enamelled bowl illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain
Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, p.107, no.88. The present
dish is further notable and rare for its size.

A Kangxi mark and period dish of very similar decoration and size was
sold at Sotheby’s London, 16 May 2012, lot 282.

黃地綠彩是以氧化鉛為助熔劑的低溫鐵黃釉作地，再以銅綠彩作紋飾
的瓷器。其創燒於明永樂時期，清代自康熙起，歷朝官窯均有燒造，
多為宮中后宮嬪妃們的專用器。清宮舊藏中亦可見眾多清康熙黃地綠
彩官窯器，其中一例壽字盌上所飾龍紋與本盤相類，見《故宮博物院
藏文物珍品大系：雜釉彩，素三彩》，上海，2009年，頁107，圖88
。倫敦蘇富比曾售出一件類似大盤，2012年5月16日，編號282。

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