A green and aubergine enamelled yellow-ground 'dragon' dish Mark and period of Guangxu | 清光緒 黃地茄皮紫綠釉云龍戲珠紋盤 《大清光緒年製》款

Formerly in the collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), who lived and worked in Bejing from the 1920's for the Bank of Indochina where he finished as Chairman. The family left Beijing in 1946 to move back to France, where they settled in Normandy. Most of the Chinese porcelain was left in wooden trunks in the basement of their chateau from 1946 until Christmas 2015, when his granddaughter who inherited the home decided to finally open them.