A WUCAI 'DRAGON' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI

finely painted with two dragons pursuing a central flaming pearl, one in underglaze-blue the other in green enamel, among flame-like clouds ingreen and iron-red, within a double line border, the reverse with a frieze of blue cranes in flight among trailing cloud scrolls in doucai enamels between double line borders, the base with six-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double circle
14.6CM

• Lot Sold $44,000 (Hammer Price)
• $53,680 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th October 1993, lot 137

Condition Report

Wucai Dish A section of the rim edge slightly discoloured to buff for approx 7cm. A section of the rim edge very slightly ground for approx 11cm. Very minor frits on the footrim, otherwise good condition