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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF the exterior similarly decorated, all reserved on a
JEANETTE CURUBY ground of rich cobalt blue, the base with a six-character
mark within a double-circle in underglaze blue (2)
A PAIR OF RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND Diameter 14⅜ in., 36.5 cm
WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISHES
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD PROVENANCE

each with shallow rounded sides rising to a ared rim Collection of Edward Collings Knight, Sr. (1813-1892),
from a short, tapered foot, the interior with a large Philadelphia.
central medallion of two erce ve-clawed dragons Acquired in Boston in the 1940s-60s, and thence by
in mutual pursuit of ‘ aming pearls’ among stylized descent.
clouds and ames, the motif repeated on the cavetto,

Edward Collings Knight, Sr. (1813-1892)

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