AN IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND 'SU SANCAI' SAUCER WITH TWO DRAGONS

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

3.600 €

Description:

China, aubergine Tongzhi six-character mark and period
D. 13,3 cm
Painted on a yellow ground and incised with a green and aubergine five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl amongst stylised clouds and flames, the underside with aubergine grapes and green leaves on a yellow ground extending to the base.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired before 2007
A similar example in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, is illustrated by Hepburn Myrtle in the exhibition of Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, no. 43, p. 31; another, donated by Hugh Moss, is illustrated by Laurence C.S. Tam in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art, presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 114, collection no. C 80.52, pp. 170/1; another was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, 1981, no. 30; another is illustrated by Gunhild Avitabile in the exhibition catalogue From the Dragon’s Treasure, Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, 1987, no. 102, p. 76
Wear to interior

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