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An aubergine-glazed ‘dragon’ dish
Incised Qianlong six-character mark and of the period
Crisply and delicately incised in the central medallion with a front-
facing five-clawed dragon amidst flaming clouds, the exterior with two
further dragons striding in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, all covered
under a rich lustrous purple-blue glaze, box.
19.1cm (7 1/2in) diam. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000 HK$47,000 - 71,000
CNY38,000 - 57,000

Provenance
Acquired by the owner’s father in Hong Kong in 1935, and thence by
descent.

Aubergine-glazed dishes with the Imperial Qianlong six-character
mark in regular script are rare. For a similar example see Shimmering
Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods - The Zhuyuetang
Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, pl.164.

Compare a similar dish sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot
692.

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