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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED SAUCER-DISHES A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, The interior finely incised with two writhing dragons in the central
covered overall with a rich lemon-yellow glaze. medallion, surrounded by eight floral sprigs, the exterior with four
10.7cm (4 1/4in) diam. (2). dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst flames and clouds, applied
overall with a rich egg-yolk-yellow glaze.
£2,000 - 4,000 32cm (12 5/8in) diam.
CNY17,000 - 35,000
£12,000 - 15,000
清光緒 黃釉敞口小盤 一對 CNY100,000 - 130,000
墨彩「大清光緒年製」楷書款
清雍正 黃釉刻花雙龍戲珠紋敞口盤
Provenance: A distinguished European private collection, and thence 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款
by descent
Provenance: A distinguished European private collection, and thence
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今 by descent

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Yongzheng period yellow-glazed dishes incised with dragons are very
rare. A similar yellow-glazed dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and
of the period, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum
no.1492-1902. Another similar yellow-glazed dish, Yongzheng mark
and of the period, is illustrated by A.Eggebrecht et al., China eine
Wiege der Weltkultur, Mainz, 1994, no.268.

A similar pair of yellow-glazed incised ‘dragon’ dishes, Yongzheng six-
character marks and of the period, of identical size and from the same
collection as the present lot, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29
November 2016, lot 8.

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