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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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A LARGE YELLOW ENAMEL AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE- The mark Chuxiugong may be translated as 'made for the Chuxiu
GROUND 'DRAGON' DISH
Palace or Palace of Assembled Elegance'. A similar dish, also with a
CHUXIUGONG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
Chuxiugong mark and dated to the Guangxu period, is illustrated by G.
UNDERGLAZE BLUE, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Avitabile, Vom Schatz der Drachen (From the Dragon Throne), Chinese
The dish is finely decorated in the medallion in yellow enamel with a five- Porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection,
clawed dragon reaching for a flaming pearl amidst flame scrolls on a blue London, 1987, p. 108, no. 156. A related dish with yellow dragons on
ground. The cavetto and the exterior are decorated en suite, each with two a dark blue ground, Guangxu mark and period, is illustrated in The
striding five-clawed dragons separated by flaming pearls and cloud scrolls. Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Miscellaneous
19¿ in. (48.7 cm.) diam. Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, p.
81, no. 65.
$20,000-30,000
清光緒 青花黃彩龍紋大盤 「儲秀宮製」篆書款
(mark)
