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SAUCER

China
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Porcelain decorated with famille noire and famille verte enamels on the biscuit
Diameter: 18.3 cm

A deep, thinly-potted saucer with a slightly everted rim
and a small foot ring. It is covered with a thin layer of
clear glaze and painted with enamels of the famille
noire palette on the biscuit, while the back is painted
with famille verte enamels. The interior is decorated
with two opposing three-clawed dragons chasing
flaming pearls amongst clouds all painted in yellow,
green and aubergine-purple enamels against a dark
black ground. One of the dragon’s heads is yellow and
the body aubergine-purple, while the other dragon has
the same colours in reverse. The exterior is painted
with a similar theme of two dragons chasing flaming
pearls against a green ground. At the centre of the
recessed base is an Artemisia leaf painted in green and
outlined in black.

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