A yellow-ground green and aubergine 'dragon' saucer, Mark and period of Tongzhi | 清同治 黃地紫綠彩雙龍戲珠紋小盤 《大清同治年製》款

Collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), acquired in China prior to 1946.

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Henry Mazot（1882-1956年）收藏，1946年以前得自中國

Compare a similar example in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, illustrated in Hepburn Myrtle, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Sydney, 1980, pl. 43; another, donated by Hugh Moss, illustrated in Laurence C.S. Tam, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, pl. 114; and another comparable example exhibited in Qing Mark and Period, Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, Marchant & Son, London, 1981, cat. no. 30; and another exhibited in From the Dragon's Treasure, Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt and Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Berlin, 1987, cat. no. 102. 

Compare also an example in the Groninger Museum (acc. no. 1945-26), illustrated in Christine van de Pijl-Ketel and Christien F. W. Smits, From Empire to People's Republic, pl. 35; and another, acquired in 1966 from Bluett & Sons, preserved in the Percival David Foundation Collection at the British Museum (acc. no. PDF, B.710).