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                                                                                              AN IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE
                                                                                              ‘DRAGON’ DISH
                                                                                              DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

                                                                                                                                the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapered foot,
                                                                                                                                decorated on the interior with a central medallion enclosing
                                                                                                                                an iron-red ve-clawed dragon writhing against a ground of
                                                                                                                                swirling waves, the underside similarly decorated with nine
                                                                                                                                iron-red dragons above waves below a border of interlinked
                                                                                                                                ‘cash’ motifs, the base with a six-character seal mark
                                                                                                                                Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm
                                                                                                                                          PROVENANCE
                                                                                                                                C. C. Teng & Co.
                                                                                                                       $ 6,000-8,000

                                                                                                         㶭忻⃱ġġġ曺剙䣔䲭⼑㴟㯜漵䲳䚌
                                                                                                         ˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫㫦

                                                                                                         1012

         1011 A FAMILLE-ROSE AND GILT ‘DRAGON’
                                                                                              BASIN
                                                                                              QING DYNASTY

                                                                                                                                sturdily potted with deep sides and an everted rim, the interior
                                                                                                                                painted with a central medallion enclosing two dragons
                                                                                                                                pursuing a ‘ aming pearl,’ framed by the Eight Buddhist
                                                                                                                                Emblems, iron-red bats soaring amid polychrome clouds at the
                                                                                                                                rim, the exterior with three ower-scrolls, the base unglazed
                                                                                                                                Diameter 13⅜ in., 34 cm
                                                                                                                       $ 5,000-7,000

                                                                                                         㶭ġġġ䰱⼑㍷慹暁漵㇚䎈ℓ⎱䤍䲳䙮

                       1012

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