Lot 2. A rare pair of green-enamelled dragon anhua wave dishes, underglaze blue Hongzhi six-character marks and probably of the period (1488-1502). D. 18,2 cm. Estimate 20 000-30 000 €. Lot sold 20,000 €. © Nagel.

One dish with few small glaze chips or frits to rim.

Provenance: Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) & Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925).

Note: Incised green-enamelled dragon on a white background, which became popular during the Hongzhi and Zhengde reigns, originated in the Chenghua period. A fragment of a bowl decorated with this design was unearthed from the Chenghua stratum in Zhushan, Jingdezhen, illustrated in Ceramic Finds from Jingdezhen Kilns, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 246.