Property from a San Francisco Gentleman
A pair of blue ground porcelain dragon dishes
Kangxi mark
The curved and flared walls raised on a short foot ring with recessed base, the interior well incised and enameled with a sideways facing five-clawed dragon at the center in aubergine surrounded by green flames and an aubergine flaming pearl, bordered by a band of two striding dragons in green enamel with open mouths spaced by four lobed clouds enameled in aubergine and incised with a double-linzhi head at the center, all atop a cobalt ground, the exteriors with a narrow band of crashing green waves on aubergine rocks above the foot, with a six-character mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.
9 1/4in (23.5cm) diameter
The curved and flared walls raised on a short foot ring with recessed base, the interior well incised and enameled with a sideways facing five-clawed dragon at the center in aubergine surrounded by green flames and an aubergine flaming pearl, bordered by a band of two striding dragons in green enamel with open mouths spaced by four lobed clouds enameled in aubergine and incised with a double-linzhi head at the center, all atop a cobalt ground, the exteriors with a narrow band of crashing green waves on aubergine rocks above the foot, with a six-character mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.
9 1/4in (23.5cm) diameter
Estimate:
US$ 6,000 - 8,000
£4,000 - 5,300
€4,600 - 6,200
£4,000 - 5,300
€4,600 - 6,200
Footnotes
- Provenance:
acquired in 1970 in New Orleans,
attached paper label reading Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans
Category: Asian Art
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