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A RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND
GREEN AND AUBERGINE ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ DISHES
Tongzhi six-character marks and of the period
Incised and enamelled to the interior with
dragons vying for a flaming pearl, the exterior
rim with grapes and leaves outlined in black.
Each: 13.3cm (5 1/4in) diam. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000

Provenance
A European private collection, formed before
1946. 82

Compare with a similar Tongzhi mark dish in
the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,
illustrated in H. Myrtle, Late Chinese Imperial
Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney, 1980, no. 42, p. 31; and another
but with Daoguang mark, in P. Lam, Imperial
Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan
Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
1983, no. 60, p. 77.

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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GREEN
AND AUBERGINE ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ DISHES
Guangxu six-character marks and of the
period
Each with dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl
of knowledge, the exterior with grapevine
decoration, all reserved on a yellow ground.
13cm (5 1/8in) diam. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000 83
CNY18,000 - 27,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

Provenance
A European private collection, formed prior to
1946.

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A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE
DISH
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The interior with five bats; together with four
yellow-ground cups, Guangxu six-character
marks, 20th century.
17.6cm (7in) diam. (5).
£800 - 1,000
CNY7,100 - 8,800
HK$8,800 - 11,000

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