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PROPERTY OF A LADY 清康熙 鬥彩趕珠龍鳳紋盤
A DOUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISH 《大清康熙年製》款
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
來源
well potted with wide rounded sides rising from a slightly
tapered foot, brightly painted on the interior with a large Chang 收藏 (據標籤)
green-enameled five-clawed dragon writhing among clouds Marshall Field & Company，芝加哥
beside a ‘flaming pearl’, all saturated in vivid colors within Hoyt Augustus Moore (1870-1958) 收藏，此後家族傳承
a double-line border and below a single line at the rim, the
exterior similarly decorated with an underglaze blue five-
clawed dragon striding in pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’ behind
a serrated-tailed phoenix among clouds, all above green
crested waves and between a double-line borders encircling
the foot and rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a
six-character mark within a double circle
Diameter 8⅝ in., 21.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Chang Collection (according to label).
Marshall Field & Company, Chicago.
Collection of Hoyt Augustus Moore (1870-1958), and thence
by descent.
Compare dishes with identical decoration, one in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of
the Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch’ien-
lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National
Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, pl.
22; one example was sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2004,
lot 649; and one was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7th July
2003, lot 664; and another was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
13th January 1987, lot 487.
See also examples of similar design but on a yellow-
enameled ground, including a dish in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and
Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 210; a dish sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 644; and a
bowl decorated with a closely related design of dragon and
phoenix on the exterior, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares
from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai, 1998, pl.
160.
$ 30,000-50,000

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