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319 A FINE BLUE- ⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞ౝ台ᒖ䋂⤍䰟咺㈸Ⱁ
GROUND AND Ȩ๔⌲Ꮴ⛆Ꭱ㸪ȩ
YELLOW-ENAMELED

‘DRAGON’ DISH

Kangxi Mark and Period The present dish is a superlative example ҳ⎽
of type. The compelling contrast achieved John Sparks, Ltd.⧍侚
the rounded sides rising from a tapered foot
between the luminous, evenly applied Marchant⧍侚1992䎃
to an everted rim, the interior with a bright
marigold-yellow enamel against the deftly ⡦듳⾇昽㡦㹻停⥌鎷
yellow-enameled dragon writhing in lively
applied layers of vivid sapphire-blue tones Marchant⧍侚2002䎃
pursuit of a ‘Flaming Pearl’ amidst # ame
attests to the ability of the imperial kilns 秣秉⢕㡦䖤2007䎃3剢22傈管贫330
scrolls and clouds, all within a yellow circle,
to satisfy the exacting expectations of the
the motif repeated with two dragons at the
Imperial Household which extended to the
cavetto, and again around the exterior, the ᆂ㻪
present yellow on blue ground pattern ware
decoration all reserved against a richly mottled շQing Mark and Period Monochrome and
assigned to concubines of the 4th rank.
underglaze cobalt blue ground, the rim and Two-Coloured WaresոMarchant
A related example in the Palace Museum,
foot white, the base with a six-character reign ⧍侚1992䎃管贫3갤17
Beijing, is included in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol.
mark in underglaze blue within a double circle,
1, pt. I, Beijing, 2005, pl. 36; a pair of dishes is
coll. no. 1580.
published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo ܧ❵
Diameter 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Je% rey P StamenCynthia Volk ⿻⧋❠俛
Tokyo, 1990, pl. 579; and another is illustrated շ俒ꅷ⼾搭 : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳渿⚆櫙ո䋒ス
PROVENANCE
in Mayuyama. Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 饟2017䎃㕬晝20
John Sparks, Ltd., London. 1976, pl. 1047. See also a dish sold in our
Marchant, London, 1992. London rooms, 6th December 1994, lot 222;
Sir Joseph Hotung Family Trust. another in these rooms, 15th September 2010,
Marchant, London, 2002. lot 244 and two sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
Christie’s New York, 22nd March 2007, lot the " rst, 11th April, 2008, lot 2917;and the
330. second, 8th April 2011, lot 3138.

EXHIBITED
Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-
Coloured Wares, Marchant, London, 1992,
cat. no. 3, p. 17.
LITERATURE
Je% rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin
Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Porcelain
from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017,
pl. 20.
$ 100,000-150,000

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