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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The dish has shallow rounded sides that rise to a slightly fared rim. The
interior is decorated with two fve-clawed dragons contesting a faming pearl
amidst ruyi clouds and fames within a double line border, and the exterior is
decorated with birds amidst four fruiting or fowering branches.
7 in. (17.9 cm.) diam., box and stand
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Private European collection, acquired in Hong Kong, ca. 1950s.
明嘉靖 青花開光雙龍戲珠紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款
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