A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' SAUCER DISH

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

Finely incised to the centre with two five-clawed dragons contesting a sacred pearl amidst stylised flames, one dragon picked out in green enamel, the other in aubergine, with bunches of grapes growing amongst leaves to the reverse, 13.3cm.

Provenance: formerly a European private collection.

Cf. The British Museum, registration no.PDF.777 for a dish of the same design on loan from the Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art; see also The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, pp.58-59, no.24 for another similar example.