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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

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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

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