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In this large size painted with a dragon motif, there appear The present dishes bear the signature of E.C. Knight, a highly
to be two types of Kangxi period imperial dishes, those with successful entrepreneur who made his fortune in sugar
a single centralized dragon of which many are applied with re neries and in the transportation industry. Born in New
yellow or green enamel, including one in the Palace Museum, Jersey, he spent most of his adult life in Philadelphia where his
Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol.1, Beijing, pp. philanthropy and civic mindedness have left an enduring mark.
138-141, pl. 36, and the rarer of the two, depicting contesting
dragons as in the present examples. Compare a similar dish $ 30,000-50,000
from the Collection of Alfred Guntermann, sold at Christie’s
New York, 18th September 2014, lot 854.
Edward Collings Knight Sr 1813 1892
1940 1960
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