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AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED
‘DRAGONS’ BOX AND COVER
Hall for Retirement and Contemplation in the
Royal Chambers of the Divine Sage mark,
19th century
Potted with gentle curving sides, the cover
with a central iron-red five-clawed front-
facing dragon coiling around a flaming
pearl surrounded by four further iron-red
dragons all amidst ruyi-shaped clouds, the
box similarly decorated with four dragons.
16.1cm (6 3/8in) diam. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$17,000 - 25,000
CNY15,000 - 23,000
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35 A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON
DISHES
Guangxu six-character marks and probably
of the period
The central medallion depicting a five-clawed
dragon chasing the flaming pearl amidst
clouds, the exterior similarly decorated with
two chasing dragons, all between double line
borders.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam. (2).

£600 - 800
HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200
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A GROUP OF FIVE IRON RED AND
POLYCHROME ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’
BOWLS AND THREE COVERS
Jiaqing marks and of the period
The bowls of ogee form, supporting domed
covers, two decorated with dragons in
pursuit of flaming pearls and three with
dragons and phoenix, all above foaming
waves.
36 The bowls: 11cm (4 3/8in) wide (8).
£800 - 1,200
HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300
See related dragon bowls and covers,
Jiaqing period, ‘Chinese and Japanese
Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty
the Queen’, Vol. II, John Ayers, pp.430-432,
nos. 1106, 1109, 1114 + 1115.

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