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A PAIR OF FINE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND A closely related dish is illustrated in George J. Lee, Selected
IRON RED ‘DRAGON’ DISHES Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven,
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD 1970, pl. 383; one is published in Robert Schmidt, Chinesische
Keramik, Frankfurt am Main, 1924, pl. 126; another from the
each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering collection of Edward T. Chow was sold in our Hong Kong
foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior painted with a lively rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 124; one was sold in these
rooms, 15th December 1987, lot 205; and a pair of dishes was
ve-claw dragon writing above breaking waves, the exterior sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27th October 1992, lot 83, and
painted with nine dragons dancing above breaking waves, the again, 25th April 2004, lot 311.
base inscribed with a seal mark in underglaze blue
(2) Dishes of this type are also known with the waves rendered
17.5 cm, 6⅞ in. with washes of cobalt, such as a pair of dishes included in the
exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection,
PROVENANCE Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
Sotheby’s London, 29th February 1972, lot 260 (£260). 1973, cat. no. 70.

಴£ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 290,000-483,000 US$ 37,300-62,500

1972 2 29 260 260

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