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AN IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED 'DRAGON
AND PHOENIX' QUATREFOIL DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 青花礬紅彩龍鳳呈祥盤
This dish is potted in elongated quatre-lobed form with shallow sides, painted
to the centre with an iron-red dragon and phoenix amidst underglaze-blue
cloud-scrolls. The cavetto and exterior sides are adorned with iron-red bats
interspersed amidst clouds below the gilt mouth rim, all raised on four low tab
feet.
7 Ω in. (19 cm.) wide
£15,000–25,000 $22,000–35,000
€18,000–29,000

PROVENANCE:
Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1411
來源:
香港佳士得2006年5月30日拍賣, 拍品1411號

The exceptionally well-painted ‘dragon and phoenix’ motif displayed on the
current dish represents the utmost wish for happiness and good fortune
and is usually associated with imperial marriage; the dragon being a symbol
of the Emperor and the phoenix of the Empress. The surrounding ruyi-form
clouds symbolize the granting of all wishes and the bats to the border
represent a blessing for further wealth and prosperity.
The phoenix depicted on the current dish, with its wings spread elegantly,
its tail feathers fared upwards and its legs outstretched can be compared to
several fne moonfasks decorated with a pair of confronting phoenix, dating
to the Qianlong period (1736-1795), including a rare underglaze blue and iron
red-decorated ‘phoenix’ moonfask from the Sui Yuan Zhai Collection, sold at
Christie’s London, 11 May 2015; and a magnifcent pink-enamelled blue and
white moonfask, Qianlong mark and period, from the Shorenstein Collection,
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2968.

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