A CHINESE GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGONS' DISH

Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi mark and of the period

清同治 綠彩龍紋盤

《大清同治年製》款

Delicately potted with curved sides rising to an everted rim, the interior painted to the centre with a confronting apple-green five-clawed dragon closing in on a pearl of wisdom, enclosed by concentric green-enamelled bands, the exterior with two further dragons swooping in and out of the frame on a ground of gently-moulded cloud arcs, the base with a six-character Tongzhi mark in underglaze-blue, with a silk-lined box,

18.1cm diameter

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PROVENANCE:

Previously purchased in the UK in 2013

來源：

2013年購於英國