A PAIR OF LARGE REVERSE-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISHES DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
each with shallow rounded sides, rising from a subtly tapered foot to an everted rim, a central roundel enclosing a fiery dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amidst flames and cloud scrolls on an inky powder-blue ground, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with the dragons in profile, the recessed base glazed white and with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 10 in., 25.3 cm
Provenance:
Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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each with shallow rounded sides, rising from a subtly tapered foot to an everted rim, a central roundel enclosing a fiery dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amidst flames and cloud scrolls on an inky powder-blue ground, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with the dragons in profile, the recessed base glazed white and with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 10 in., 25.3 cm
Provenance:
Frank Crane, The Hundred Antiques, Toronto, 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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