A FINE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW-GROUND ‚DRAGON‘ DISH

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5.000 € - 8.000 €

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China, underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark and period
D. 25,4 cm
The rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, painted in underglaze blue on a reverse ground of blue to the interior with a medallion enclosing a ferocious five-clawed dragon in pursuit of the 'flaming pearl', amidst fire and cloud scrolls the dragon enamelled in a bright yellow enamel, the exterior with a band enclosing two similar dragons, the base glazed white with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.
Private collection, Munich, acquired in the 1980s from Georg Hartl, Ludwigstrasse in Munich by repute
Dishes with this particular decoration of a pair of dragons surrounding another large sinuous dragon on the centre, with large horned heads on sinuous bodies surrounded by stylised T-shaped clouds and flames, appear to have begun during the Kangxi reign. Many of the Kangxi period examples are applied with yellow enamel, including one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol.1, Beijing, pp.138-141, no.36. Transparent yellow enamel has been in use since the Tang dyn asty. However, the paring of cobalt ground reserve-painted porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel was a technological inno vation that appeared in the Ming Xuande period and enjoyed uninterrupted popularity in subsequent reigns. This decorative style is almost always reserved for porcelain made for the imperial court, as yellow was a color typically reserved for the Em peror and his household. A similar Qianlong mark and period dish is illustrated by Shincho Kogei No Bi, New York, 1995, pl. 126, p. 45 or by Qian Weipeng in Tian Wu Guan Cang Ci, Shanghai, 2011, vol 1, pp. 198/9. Another Qianlong mark-and-period dish with similar design was sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 March 2016, lot 160 - Small glaze chips or frits at the rim restored

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