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A PAIR OF GREEN-GLAZED DRAGON DISHES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE
PERIOD (1875-1908)

Each dish is decorated on the interior with a dragon
leaping in pursuit of a faming pearl amidst clouds
and the exterior with two striding dragons at similar
pursuit reserved on a ground of incised waves, all
within line borders and in green glaze detailed in
black.

7º in. (18.2 cm.) diam. (2)

$10,000-15,000 Baroness Giovanella Caetani, Baroness Giovanella Caetani, Palazzo Caetani, Rome,
circa 1910. circa 1910.
PROVENANCE

Baroness Giovanella Caetani Collection, Rome,
acquired in 1907-1908.
Livia Durazzo Collection, Rome.
Donatello Durazzo Collection, Paris and New York,
and thence by descent within the family.

Baroness Giovanella Caetani was the wife of Baron Alberic
Grenier, Belgian Ambassador to the court of the Guangxu
Emperor. During her visit with her husband in 1907-1908,
Baroness Giovanella was presented to the Dowager
Empress Cixi with the Guangxu Emperor in attendance.
The present pair of dishes was acquired during this visit.

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