An unusual green and aubergine 'Dragon' dish seal mark and period of Qianlong with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, painted on the exterior with two dragons chasing 'Flaming pearls' among clouds, the decoration finely incised and picked out in aubergine enamel against a bright green ground, the interior and the base left white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, 18.7 cm. Provenance: Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 27 May 1998, lot 5830
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- Everted - An everted rim is an outwardly turning or flaring outwards rim, as seen the rims on jugs, vases, bowls and dishes.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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