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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DRAGON DISH For a larger dish with a dragon and phoenix to the center and a
Early 17th century very similar treatment of the rim and underside decoration and also
Decorated with a pair of slender yellow-spined blue-ground four- dated to the early 17th century, see Beatrice Quette (ed.), Cloisonné,
clawed dragons contesting a white-ground flaming pearl to the interior Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York,
below a formal border with five-petaled flowerheads on a meandering 2011, p. 251, pl.54.
scroll, the reverse side with seven multi-colored lotus flower-heads at
the center of the foot and further lotus scrolling to the rounded exterior For a large dish with two confronted dragons contesting a flaming
sides. pearl dated to the Wanli period (1573-1615), see Enamel Ware in the
9 1/2in (24.1cm) high Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, National Palace Museum, 1999, p. 79,
no. 11.
$15,000 - 20,000
A larger dish (13 3/4in diameter) with dragon and phoenix design was
十七世紀早期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯龍紋盤 sold at Bonhams, London, 11 May 2021, lot 246.

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