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A RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE
‘DRAGON’ DISH
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
The well-potted body with rounded sides resting on a short slightly
tapering circular foot, boldly painted in vibrant tones cobalt-blue tones
with simulated ‘heaped and piled’ effect, the cavetto with a large full-
face five-clawed winged-dragon pursuing the flaming pearl of wisdom,
amidst dense leafy peony scrolls, the generously proportioned well
superbly painted with two striding dragons amidst meandering lotus
scrolls, all beneath the rim with a band of crashing and swirling waves,
the reverse similarly decorated with two striding dragons amidst a
blooming peony scroll, the base with a six-character zhuanshu seal
mark in underglaze blue.
51.3cm (20 1/4in) diam.
HK$400,000 - 600,000
US$51,000 - 77,000
清乾隆 青花穿花應龍紋大盤 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Provenance:
A distinguished European private collection
來源：
顯赫歐洲私人收藏

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