Lot 3632. A pair of green and aubergine-enamelled yellow-ground 'dragon' dishes, Marks and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 13.1 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each incised and enamelled on the interior with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl, the underside with four aubergine clusters of grapes, all against a rich yellow ground, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), and thence by descent.

Note: A similar dish in the collection of the Percival David Foundation, now preserved in the British Museum, is illustrated by Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, no. PDF.777, Plate VII, p. 20; another was included by Laurence C.S. Tam in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of The Hong Kong Museum of Art, no. 24, pp. 58/9.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 22 April 2021