A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH

China, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period. Diameter 16.5 cm.

Starting price:
75 000 CZK / 2 884 EUR

Price realized:
160 000 CZK / 6 153 EUR

Auction:Asian Works of Art 26/11/2013, 15:00

Well painted in the interior with a five-clawed dragon and a flaming pearl amidst flames, beneath two pairs of underglaze blue double line borders, the reverse painted en suite with two striding dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst flames. Provenance: purchased at Antiquaire Van Herck in Brussels in 1941.

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