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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ STEM DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The dish has shallow, straight sides, and is raised on a spreading pedestal foot which is
decorated with a ferocious fve-clawed dragon reaching for a faming pearl amidst fames,
all above crashing waves scattered with carp, lotus, and rocks.
7√ in. (22.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
$40,000-60,000
Similar Qianlong-marked stem-dishes are illustrated in S. Marchant and Son,
Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Blue and White, 11 June - 22 June 1984, nos. 24 and 25.
清乾隆 青花海水龍紋高足盤 六字篆書款
(mark)
(another view)
3 38080
