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A YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The interior is decorated with a writhing, front-faced fve-clawed dragon confronted on a
faming pearl below two further dragons in pursuit of faming pearls amidst fower sprigs in
the well, the design repeated on the exterior. The scalloped mouth rim is outlined in black.
5º in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
Compare the Qianlong-marked dish of this design sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23
March 2012, lot 2114.
清乾隆 黃地綠龍紋花口盤 六字篆書款
來源
Samuel Putnam Avery（1822-1904）珍藏， 紐約。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1879年。
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