Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Apr 2018
5 avril 2018
A pair of yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' dishes, Shendetang hall marks, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period
Lot 3671. A pair of yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' dishes, Shendetang hall marks, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period (1821-1850); 16 cm, 6 1/4 in. Estimate 240,000 — 320,000 HKD. Lot sold 300,000 HKD (31,031 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.
each with shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, the exterior decorated with nine dragons soaring in different positions amidst ruyi clouds and flames, all picked out in black and green enamels against a bright yellow ground, two pairs of the mythical beasts depicted chasing a 'flaming pearl' on opposite sides, the white base inscribed in iron red with a four-character Shendetang zhi hall mark.
Provenance: C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1993.
Note: This type of dishes is very rare, but at least one other pair appears to be known, sold at Christie’s New York, 21st September 2004, lot 323.
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