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A RARE PAIR OF LIME-GREEN
GROUND PALE AUBERGINE AND BLUE
ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ SAUCER DISHES

Guangxu six-character marks and probably of
the period
Each delicately enamelled to the well with
two alternately pale aubergine and blue five-
clawed dragons pursuing a pearl amongst
flaming clouds, encircled with line borders,
the exterior carved with four cranes in flight
amongst ruyi-shaped clouds, all reserved on a
bright green glaze.
Each: 14.4cm (5 5/8in) diam. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000 76
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

The present lot is of a popular type that
originated in the Kangxi period and continued
to be produced throughout the Qing Dynasty.
However, the vivid colour palette on the
present pair of dishes is extremely rare, the
colour scheme normally being limited to deep
aubergine and green enamels on a yellow
ground. For an identical saucer dish, Guangxu
mark and of the period, see G. Avitabile, From
The Dragon’s Treasure: Chinese Porcelain
from the 19th & 20th Centuries, p. 101, no.
143.

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A PAIR OF AUBERGINE AND GREEN
GLAZED DRAGON DISHES
Guangxu six-character marks and of the
period
Each incised with an ascending and
descending dragon in pursuit of a flaming
pearl, on a mustard yellow ground, the
exterior with four grapevine groups.
13cm (5.1/8in) diam. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

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A TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE
BOWL
Qianlong seal mark, 18th/19th century
The exterior decorated with floral sprigs, all
reserved on a bright turquoise ground, the
bowl raised on a short foot rim and rising to
an everted mouth. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam.

£500 - 700
CNY4,600 - 6,400
HK$5,500 - 7,700

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