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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
18-Jun-2013
Lot No.
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Description:
An unusual green and aubergine 'Dragon' dish seal mark and period of Qianlong with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, painted on the exterior with two dragons chasing 'Flaming pearls' among clouds, the decoration finely incised and picked out in aubergine enamel against a bright green ground, the interior and the base left white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, 18.7 cm. Provenance: Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 27 May 1998, lot 5830
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese