A 'Famille-Verte' Yellow-Ground Biscuit Dish Kangxi Mark and Period

the interior decorated with a central medallion of double incised outline enclosing two sinuous five-clawed dragons picked out in green and aubergine enamel in mutual pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amidst clouds, surrounded by peony, chrysanthemum, prunus and lotus sprays along the curved side, the exterior with four further dragons, all on a pale yellow ground

There are two hairline cracks to the rim, the longest approximately 2 inches long down one side. The area near the tail of the aubergine dragon in the interior has scattered kiln grit. Some surface wear to the glaze on the interior. In otherwise good condition.
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Compare a similar dish sold at Christie's Paris, 26th November 2002, lot 106; and a slightly smaller example sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 3rd May 1989, lot 182. A dish of this design and shape is illustrated in Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Ware, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 5, Taipei, 1991, p. 78. Another similar dish, but with an everted rim, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and is illustrated in John Ayers and Masahiko Sato, Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, pls. 13-15.