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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).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000

The present lot is of a popular type that 229
originated in the Kangxi period and continued
to be produced throughout the Qing Dynasty.
However, The eye-popping 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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TWO GREEN AND YELLOW GLAZED
FOLIATED ‘DRAGON’ SAUCERS
Guangxu six-character marks and of the
period
Each incised and painted with central
medallions of forward facing dragons pursuing
the flaming pearl, amongst scattered flower
sprays, within a border of two similar striding
dragons, a band of eight single flowering
stems to the exterior.
12.7cm (5in) and 13cm (5.1/8in) diam. (2).

£2,500 - 3,000
CNY24,000 - 29,000
HK$29,000 - 35,000

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