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616
A PAIR OF GREEN AND AUBERGINE-
ENAMELED YELLOW-GROUND
‘DRAGON’ DISHES
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD
delicately potted, each with rounded sides
rising from a short foot, incised to the center
with two confronting dragons contesting a
‘flaming pearl’ amid fiery cloud scrolls, the
exterior with four double clusters of grapes, the
base with a six-character mark in aubergine
enamel within a double circle (2)
Diameter 5¼ in., 13.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Henri Mazot (1882-1956), acquired
in Beijing in the 1920s.

$ 8,000-12,000

清康熙 黃地紫綠彩雙龍戲珠紋
盤一對
616
《大清康熙年製》款
來源
Henri Mazot (1882-1956) 收藏，1920年代
得於北京

617

A GREEN-ENAMELED YELLOW-
GROUND ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
delicately potted with deep rounded sides
rising to a flared rim, the exterior incised with
two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit
of ‘flaming pearls’, all above a border of ruyi-
heads circling the foot, the rim bordered with
a classic scroll band, the interior centered with
a medallion enclosing a shou character, the
design all picked out in green against a yellow
ground, the base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle
Diameter 4 in., 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Henri Mazot (1882-1956), acquired
in Beijing in the 1920s.
$ 6,000-8,000

清康熙 黃地綠彩趕珠龍紋盌
《大清康熙年製》款
617
來源
Henri Mazot (1882-1956) 收藏，1920年代
得於北京

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