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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED HONG KONG FAMILY 清康熙 藍地黃彩趕珠雲龍盤
COLLECTION
《大清康熙年製》款
A BLUE-GROUND YELLOW-ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ DISH
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI
the interior richly enamelled in yellow with a central medallion
enclosing a ferocious dragon reaching for a ‘flaming pearl’
amidst flames and ruyi clouds, encircled by two dragons
striding sinuously at the cavetto, the exterior similarly
decorated with two dragons in pursuit of ‘flaming pearls’ above
a band of upright lappets skirting the foot, all reserved against
an underglaze-blue ground, the base inscribed with a six-
character reign within a double circle
25 cm, 9¾ in.
HK$ 800,000-1,000,000
US$ 103,000-128,000

A pair of dishes of this pattern is included in the lllustrated
Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum: Chinese Ceramics,
vol. II, Tokyo, 1990, cat. no. 579; and another is illustrated
in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 1047.
Compare also one from the M.G. Brooking collection sold in
our London rooms 12th December 1978, lot 419, and another
sold in these rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 2917.

Mark

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