AN IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ QUATREFOIL DISH, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
AN IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ QUATREFOIL DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
This dish is potted in elongated quatre-lobed form with shallow sides, painted to the centre with an iron-red dragon and phoenix amidst underglaze-blue cloud-scrolls. The cavetto and exterior sides are adorned with iron-red bats interspersed amidst clouds below the gilt mouth rim, all raised on four low tab feet.
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1411
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST ASIAN COLLECTION
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AN IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE DECORATED ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ QUATREFOIL DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
This dish is potted in elongated quatre-lobed form with shallow sides, painted to the centre with an iron-red dragon and phoenix amidst underglaze-blue cloud-scrolls. The cavetto and exterior sides are adorned with iron-red bats interspersed amidst clouds below the gilt mouth rim, all raised on four low tab feet.
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1411
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST ASIAN COLLECTION