A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISHES QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
each with shallow rounded sides resting on a gently tapering foot, the exterior painted with nine dragons in various poses, one frontal and eight in profile, all against cresting waves and below a band of interlocking coins, the interior painted with a medallion enclosing a sinuous scaly dragon against further waves, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 6 7/8 in., 17.3 cm
Provenance:
Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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each with shallow rounded sides resting on a gently tapering foot, the exterior painted with nine dragons in various poses, one frontal and eight in profile, all against cresting waves and below a band of interlocking coins, the interior painted with a medallion enclosing a sinuous scaly dragon against further waves, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 6 7/8 in., 17.3 cm
Provenance:
Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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