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A BLUE AND WHITE REVERSE-DECORATED “DRAGON” DISH
Daoguang mark and of the period
The shallow dish with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the
central interior decorated with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming
pearl amidst clouds, the cavetto with a pair of dragons in pursuit of
pearls, a similar decoration on the exterior above a band of petal
lappets, the foot inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze
blue.
9 7/8in (25.2cm) diameter
$6,000 - 8,000
清道光 青花龍紋盤 《大清道光年製》款

A similar Daoguang mark and period reversed-decorated dragon dish
was sold at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2160; and
Sotheby’s New York, 11 September 2019, lot 607.

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