Coupe en porcelaine doucai Chine, Dynastie Qing, marque et époque Yongzheng (1723-1735)

ornée au centre d'un dragon à cinq griffes, le corps noueux, la gueule ouverte, les yeux menaçants, évoluant parmi les nuages, à la poursuite de la perle sacrée, la bordure rehaussée de nuages, le revers décoré de vagues et nuages ; double cercle bleu et marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Yonghzeng

Collection de Madame L. Vente Christie's Paris, 15 juin 2006, lot 186

The dish is in good condition with the exception of a small chip (5mm) to the rim and three original tiny unburst air bubbles to the rim.
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A closely related example was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 8^th October 1990, lot 505; and another was sold at Christie's Paris, 15^th June 2004, lot 186. Yongzheng dishes of this design are also found in a variety of sizes; see a slightly larger example in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, included in the exhibition Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 45; a smaller dish sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30^th April 1991, lot 120A and illustrated in Sotheby's Hong Kong: Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 271.