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MING AND QING DYNASTY PORCELAIN FROM

A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION LOTS 601–611

601

A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISHES For a mid-late 15th century Ming dynasty prototype of this
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD design, see one illustrated in Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, New York, 1981, p. 77.
each with shallow rounded sides resting on a gently tapering Compare one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th November
foot, the exterior painted with nine dragons in various poses, 1988, lot 197; and a pair sold at Christie’s London, 14th
one frontal and eight in profile, all against cresting waves and November 2003, lot 187. Dragons on dishes of this type are
below a band of interlocking coins, the interior painted with also frequently found enameled in iron red, see a pair from
a medallion enclosing a sinuous scaly dragon against further the E. T. Chow Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th
waves, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze May 1981, lot 534, and another illustrated in George J. Lee,
blue (2) Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven,
Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.3 cm 1970, pl. 383.
PROVENANCE
$ 15,000-25,000
Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s,
and thence by descent.
清乾隆 青花海水龍紋盤一對
《大清乾隆年製》款
來源
Frank Crane，The Hundred Antiques，多倫多，
1960至1980年代，此後家族傳承

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