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四 43. A pair of Chinese imperial porcelain deep saucer dishes, each painted on the front in bright emerald green enamels with a medallion

十 of a five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amongst flames, within a green band outlined in underglaze blue repeated
三 beneath the rim, the underside similarly painted with two dragons.

御 7 inches, 17.8 cm diameter.
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Six-character sealmarks of Daoguang in underglaze blue and of the period, 1821-1850.

綠 • Formerly in the collection of the German diplomat Dr. Hans Bidder (1897-1963), purchased during his stay in Beijing, 1924-
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龍 1931. In 1965 the Berlin Museum für Asiatische Kunst was able to purchase over 100 bronze fitments from the collection of
紋 Dr. Hans Bidder, which he had also collected during his stay in Beijing.

盤 • A similar pair of Daoguang dragon dishes is illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of

一 the Hong Kong Museum of Art, pl. 106, p. 160; another pair is illustrated by Peter Y.K. Lam in Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing
對 from the Kwan Collection, pl. 50, p. 71.

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