Kangxi Wucai Dragon Dish

A Wucai 'Dragon' dish mark and period of Kangxi finely painted…
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A Wucai 'Dragon' dish mark and period of Kangxi finely painted with two dragons pursuing a central flaming pearl, one in underglaze-blue the other in green enamel, among flame-like clouds in green and iron-red, within a double line border, the reverse with a frieze of blue cranes in flight among trailing cloud scrolls in doucai enamels between double line borders, the base with six-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double circle, 14.6 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th October 1993, lot 137

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  • Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.

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