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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A LARGE IRON-RED-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ ᪺ܕᦲ Գ⛥ ⍬☾ྑ̐㹪ᆬ♄૰↲
CHARGER Ǘԟ⏩೬⽗ǘ㤎⩈ौಧ╌ᕋᢎ
TONGZHI-GUANGXU PERIOD (1862-1908), CHUXIUGONG ZHI FOUR- See a nearly identical example in the collection of Nanjing
CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
Museum, published in Imperial Kiln Porcelain of Qing Dynasty-
The dish is decorated to the central medallion with a front-facing Gems of Collections in Nanjing Museum, Shenzhen, 1998, p. 51,
five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, the well with a no. 49.
further four five-clawed striding dragons contesting pearls, the
ࢶࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᝳӬ㘆Ԣ⏟ऱ⎏ຽ卿Ƕ᳖༈≢ ࢶࢷ⁒㩴
pattern is repeated on the exterior.
18 in. (48 cm.) diam., box Ⅷ⻦⡑ߛǷ卿᳅卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ ǯ
HK$240,000-350,000 US$31,000-45,000
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