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Compare with a related famille verte dish depicting a central dragon,
Kangxi, in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains in
Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999, no.106. See
also another famille verte dish decorated with a single dragon chasing
a gilt flaming pearl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, in the
British Museum, acc.no.Franks.510.
A similar design of a striding dragon pursuing a gilt flaming pearl
decorates a famille verte vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby’s
Paris, 12 December 2013, lot 173. See also a large famille verte black-
ground ‘dragons’ dish, Kangxi mark and of the period, which was sold
at Bonhams Hong Kong, 8 November 2012, lot 75.
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