AN UNUSUAL GREEN AND AUBERGINE 'DRAGON' DISH SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

Estimate $12,000 – $15,000

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with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, painted on the exterior with two dragons chasing 'flaming pearls' among clouds, the decorationfinely incised and picked out in aubergine enamel against a bright green ground, the interior and the base left white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark
18.7CM

Lot Sold $26,000 (Hammer Price)
$31,720 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 27 May 1998, lot 5830

Condition Report

Lot 39 Green dragon dish: Very minor 1mm shallow rim frit, some faintly buff coloured areas along the interior rim where glaze thinning, some minute bubble pits and some surface scratches and minor wear. Generally good condition. - Ann Roberts

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0778 | 18 Jun 2013 | Melbourne
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