Lot 3720. A fine foliate yellow-ground green-enamelled 'Dragon' dish, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795);  13.4 cm., 5 1/4  in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD (13,795 — 17,243 EUR). Lot sold 300,000 HKD (34,487 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides gently rising from a short tapered foot to a flared foliate rim, the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a green-enamelled five-clawed scaly dragon soaring en face around a 'flaming pearl' amidst floral scrolls, surrounded by a circular green ring, the cavetto decorated with a pair of dragons writhing sinuously in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' amidst further floral scrolls, all within a dark aubergine-enamelled line along the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with two green-enamelled dragons soaring amidst floral scrolls in pursuit of flaming pearls, the detail all picked out against a bright yellow ground, the white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 12th May 1976, lot 300 (one of a pair).
The Hall Family Collection, no. 430 (label).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 565 (one of a pair).
S. Marchant & Son, London.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art Hong Kong, 07 Oct 2015