| Sold at Auction on Thursday
9th March 2006 for £52,050 A RARE YONGZHENG MARK &
PERIOD IRON-RED & UNDERGLAZE BLUE DECORATED 'DRAGON' DISH
(1723 - 1735)
The finely
potted body with interior decorated with a large iron-red
five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl against a
background of blue and white cresting waves. The rounded
well with four further iron-red dragons one with wings, one
with elephant's trunk, two of whom have three claws, the
other two with five claws, all emitting flaming tendrils
from their sinuous bodies and set amidst blue and white
swirling clouds. The rim with a band of rolling waves. The
reverse with a repeat of the four dragons in a band enclosed
by double-line borders. The Yongzheng six character mark in
two columns within a double circle, 48cm diameter.
Provenance:
From a local property purchased by the vendor's father at a
Country House sale in the English Midlands during the
1920's. Bears a torn paper label to the reverse almost
certainly in the hand of the vendor's father and probably
applied shortly after he purchased the piece inscribed:
'Collier's in London have the fellow to (this) dish priced
£40'. Only four closely related Yongzheng period examples of
this dish appear to be recorded. The most recent sold at
Sotheby's Hong Kong 23rd October 2005 Lot 208, one is
displayed in the Umezawa Kinenkan, Tokyo, a third sold at
Sotheby's London 6th December 1994 Lot 179 and a fourth sold
at Christie's London 10th April 1978 Lot 49 |
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