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A RARE IMPERIAL DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ DISH
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
The delicately potted dish brilliantly decorated in a characteristic wucai
palette of darker and lighter green, iron-red, aubergine and yellow
enamels with a ferocious front-facing five-clawed dragon soaring
amidst flames and colourful clouds reaching a flaming pearl, encircled
by five striding dragons chasing flaming pearls painted in underglaze
blue beneath a gilt rim, the exterior vividly decorated with four phoenix
in flight divided by stylised cloud wisps.
20.1cm (8in) diam.

HK$800,000 - 1,200,000
US$100,000 - 150,000

清雍正 鬥彩龍鳳紋盤 青花「大清雍正年製」楷書款

Provenance:
Frank Caro, New York, by repute
An Italian private collection, acquired from the above in the 1970s
Christie’s London, 14 May 2013, lot 224

來源：
傳為蘆芹齋繼承人，紐約弗蘭克·卡洛舊藏
意大利私人舊藏，於1970年代購自以上來源
倫敦佳士得，2013年5月13日，拍品編號224

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