A IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The interior of the dish is decorated with an iron-red five-clawed dragon leaping amidst cresting underglaze-blue waves. The reverse is similarly enameled with nine iron-red dragons in different poses rendered against a blue wave ground, all beneath a band of flowerheads.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Songzhutang Collection.
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
A IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The interior of the dish is decorated with an iron-red five-clawed dragon leaping amidst cresting underglaze-blue waves. The reverse is similarly enameled with nine iron-red dragons in different poses rendered against a blue wave ground, all beneath a band of flowerheads.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Songzhutang Collection.
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925