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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN LADY
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A DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The fnely potted dish is decorated to interior with a central medallion
enclosing a fve-clawed dragon chasing the faming pearl amongst clouds. The
cavetto is decorated with fve large ruyi-shaped clouds and the exterior with
cresting waves below clouds.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) wide
£4,000-6,000 $5,300-7,900
€4,500-6,700
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia in the early 20th century, then by descent within the family.
A slightly larger dish with similar decoration was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 26 November 2014.
清乾隆 鬥彩戲珠龍紋盤 六字篆書款

來源: 歐洲私人珍藏, 於20世紀初購自亞洲, 家傳至今

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