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A GREEN-ENAMELLED INCISED ‘DRAGON’ DISH Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in the 1920s,
Chenghua six-character mark and thence by descent
Enamelled in the interior within a circle with a writhing five-clawed
dragon in pursuit of the ‘flaming pearl’, the exterior with a further two 來源： 英國私人收藏，購於二十世紀二十年代，並由後人保存迄今
striding green dragons on an incised ground of crashing waves and
flaming pearls. Compare with a related dish with dragon design in green enamel
20.3cm (8in) diam. on a white ground, Chenghua mark and period, in the Percival
David Foundation (PDF 707), illustrated by R.Fong, Ming Colours:
£10,000 - 15,000 Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen, London, 2006, pp.94-95,
CNY88,000 - 130,000 no.38. See also a similar dish with Hongzhi six-character mark and of
the period, illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British
Museum, London, 2001, p.185, no.7:17. Another similar dish, with
綠彩刻雲龍紋盤 Hongzhi six-character mark is also illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese
青花「大明成化年製」楷書款 Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, no.67.

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