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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WINSTON F.C. AND C.Z. GUEST
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A RARE WUCAI `DRAGON AND PHOENIX' DISH WINSTON F.C.暨 C.Z. GUEST 伉儷珍藏
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 清雍正 青花五彩龍鳳紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款
The dish is decorated in the center with a green dragon leaping amidst flames 此例雍正五彩龍鳳紋盤繪飾栩栩如生，實屬精美。各地知名博物館均藏有近似例，
and clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below a band of dragons and flaming 如倫敦維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館藏一例（E. H. Lane 女士以 Ada Lane女士名
pearls in underglaze blue on the everted, gilt-edged rim. The exterior is 義入藏，藏品號C.45-1928），徐氏藝術館亦藏一例，載於《徐氏藝術館：陶瓷IV清
decorated with four phoenixes in flight. 代》，香港，1995年，圖版126。一例曾於香港蘇富比2020年7月10日《馬錢特 –
7√ in. (20 cm.) diam. 清代御瓷五十選粹》專拍中售出，拍品號3114。另一例於香港邦瀚斯2017年11月28
日售出，拍品號20。
$80,000-120,000

The present dish is very rare, with masterfully executed details of a five-
clawed dragon and phoenixes. The dish can be compared to examples
in museums, including the virtually identical dish in the Victoria & Albert
Museum donated by Mrs E. H. Lane in memory of Mrs Ada Lane, accession
no. C.45-1928, and another in the Tsui Museum of Art, illustrated in The Tsui
Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl.
126. A ‘dragon’ dish of the same design was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
Marchant – Fifty Qing Imperial Porcelains, 11 July 2020, lot 3114. Another
example was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2017, lot 20.

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