A Chinese green and aubergine yellow-ground 'dragon' saucer

拍品描述

A Chinese green and aubergine yellow-ground 'dragon' saucer Qing dynasty, Tongzhi mark and of the period Finely incised and enamelled in aubergine and green to the central reserve with two five-clawed confronting dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the exterior decorated with four pairs of bunches of grapes, six-character Tongzhi mark in black enamels to the base, 13.1cm diameter. Provenance: Formerly in a private European collection, purchased in Beijing between the 1920s and 1940s. Roseberys Fine Art, London, 18 May 2021, Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art, lot 14 (label). 清同治 黃地素三彩暗刻雲龍紋盤，墨彩楷書「大清同治年製」款 來源：前歐洲私人收藏，1920至1940年代間於北京入藏。 倫敦 Roseberys 拍賣行，2021年5月18日，「中國、日本及東南亞藝術」，拍品編號14（標籤）。 Cf. A similar example in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, is illustrated by Hepburn Myrtle in the exhibition of Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, 1980, no.43, p.31; Laurence C.S. Tam illustrates another donated by Hugh Moss in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art, presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1984, no.114, collection no. C 80.52, pp.170/1. 参閲：墨爾本維多利亞國家美術館藏一件相似例，見 Hepburn Myrtle 於 Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain 展覽圖錄，1980年，編號43，頁31；另有一例由 Hugh Moss 捐贈，載於 Laurence C. S. Tam 著 The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art，香港市政出版社，1984年，編號114，藏品號 C 80.52，頁170–171。

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