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A blue and white A blue and white ogee bowl
‘dragons’ saucer dish Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period The tall foot rising to a wide everted rim, the central
Painted with a powerful five-clawed dragon in medallion with a webbed star surrounded by six ruyi
pursuit of a flaming pearl amid scrolling clouds, heads, the reverse finely painted with a continuous
encircled by two striding dragons in similar pursuit floral band around the Eight Buddhist Emblems,
with another two on the underside, all reserved on bajixiang.
an intense cobalt-blue ground. 22cm (8 3/4in) diam.
25.5cm (10in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$19,000 - 25,000 HK$13,000 - 19,000
CNY15,000 - 20,000 CNY9,900 - 15,000
清嘉慶 青花雲龍戲珠紋盤
青花「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款 清乾隆 青花暗八仙紋折腰盤
Provenance 來源: J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Roy Davids Collection, no.104, acquired on
26 June 2008 Provenance 來源: R. & G.McPherson Ltd., London
(label)
140 Roy Davids Collection, no.105, acquired on
1 September 2009
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The underglaze-blue decoration of the present
lot was most likely intended for doucai enamels,
but in this case left unenamelled. Compare a
similarly ‘unfinished’ moonflask with related design,
Qianlong mark and period, is illustrated in Ethereal
Elegance. Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing The
Huaihaitung Collection, Hong Kong, 2008, no.96.

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