A LARGE WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' DISH KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
the shallow rounded sides supported on a gently tapered foot, brightly enameled to the center with a pair of confronting dragons divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, against a dense ground of leafy peony stems, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with the creatures in profile, the recessed base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle
Diameter 12 3/4 in., 32.3 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Lois Templer Baker (1895-1956), acquired in Europe circa 1920s, and thence by descent.
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the shallow rounded sides supported on a gently tapered foot, brightly enameled to the center with a pair of confronting dragons divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, against a dense ground of leafy peony stems, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with the creatures in profile, the recessed base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle
Diameter 12 3/4 in., 32.3 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Lois Templer Baker (1895-1956), acquired in Europe circa 1920s, and thence by descent.