Lot 926. Property from the Dawentang Collection. A fine large Ru-type glazed carved 'Chi dragon' charger, Yongzheng six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period ' (1723-1735); 50.8 cm diam. Price realised HKD 1,905,000 (Estimate HKD 1,800,000 – HKD 3,000,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 May 1994, lot 105

Literature: Chinese Ceramics from the Dawentang Collection, Vol. II, Hong Kong, 2019, pp.446-449, no.79

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Divine Power: The Dragon in Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 11 February – 31 October 2012, cat. p.98

The Capital Museum, Treasures of Hong Kong: The 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover, Beijing, 2017, cat. no. 26

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Honouring Tradition and Heritage: Min Chiu Society at Sixty, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020 – 28 April 2021, cat. no. 127

Note : The centre is finely carved with a medallion enclosing a chi dragon leaping among puffs of cloud. The exterior is carved with a border of upright overlapping petals, covered overall with an elegant pale celadon glaze to imitate the Ru ware.

A Yongzheng dish of the same pattern from the T. Y. Chao collection is illustrated in Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T Y Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, no.46, later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 286. Another example in the Shanghai Museum, previously from the collection of J. M. Hu, is illustrated in Qing Imperial Monochromes – the Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, no.7; a further example formerly in the Tsui Museum of Art, is recorded in Chinese Ceramics - Qing Dynasty, IV, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 20.

The dish is likely modelled after the Longquan prototype. Compare to a similarly decorated Yuan dynasty Longquan ‘dragon’ dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing, collection number: gu 00143222.