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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH A BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ DISH
Wanli six-character mark and of the period Yutang jiaqi four-character mark, Shunzhi
Boldly painted to the interior with a front-facing five-clawed horned The deep dish vibrantly painted with a ferocious mythical beast with
dragon writhing amongst flames and grasping at a flaming pearl, the the hooves of a deer, the scales and head of a dragon and the tail of
exterior similarly decorated with two further dragons. a lion, seated in a landscape with plantain. 36cm (14in) diam.
20cm (7 7/8in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
£5,000 - 8,000 HK$20,000 - 31,000
HK$51,000 - 82,000 CNY18,000 - 27,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000
Provenance
Provenance Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo, Rome, prior to 2 October 1947, by
A Portuguese private collection repute
Mr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by repute
Raffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s,
and thence by descent

According to the owner, the present lot, amongst other Chinese
works of art, was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of
Villa Vitiano and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr
Moriani, who, in turn, had acquired the Chinese art collection from
Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo in 1947 as part of a Rome apartment
and its furnishings.

The present dish is thought to be no. 14 in the inventory list of
objects acquired by Mr. Moriani from Count Calvi di Bergolo.

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