Selection of imperial porcelain over 93 years in three collections

5883 | Qianlong period,Qing Dynasty AN IMPERIAL BLUE GROUND IRON-RED DRAGON DISH

AN IMPERIAL BLUE GROUND IRON-RED DRAGON DISH

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Size: D17.5cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 330,000

ILLUSTRATED
Marchant “Recent Acquisitions”,2011,no. 39.
Qianlong Six-Character Mark
Painted in the centre with a Ming style five-claw dragon on a underglaze blue crested wave medallion encircled by two pairs of rings,the underside with nine small dragons depicted in a variety of positions on a wave ground beneath a band of flowerheads at the rim.Six character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze blue and of the period,1736-1795.
▲ A similar pair was sold by Sotheby Park Bernet (Hong Kong) Ltd in their auction of The Edward T.Chow Collection,Part one Ming and Qing Porcelain,25th November 1980,no. 124,p.124/6.
PROVENANCE
1. Originally purchased from Mr Jintsu of Kunryudo & Co.
2. Formerly in the collection of Professor Masataka Inoue,President of The Osaka Institute of Technology,Japan.
3. Mr. Paul Lande’s Collection