Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018
A pair of yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' dishes, seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)
Lot 3650. A pair of yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' dishes, seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 13.1 cm, 5 1/4 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 687,500 HKD (87,698 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.
each with shallow curved sides rising from a tapered foot to a scalloped rim, the interior incised and filled with green enamel against an egg-yolk yellow ground, depicting in the central medallion a ferocious five-clawed dragon in frontal pose amidst floral sprays, its body coiled around a flaming pearl, the cavetto decorated with two further dragons striding amid floral sprays in pursuit of flaming pearl, the exterior similarly painted with detached floral sprays, the rims and borders outlined in black enamel, the white base inscribed with a six-character seal mark.