Plat en porcelaine bleu sous couverte et jaune Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Kangxi (1662-1722)

à décor d'un dragon à cinq griffes à la poursuite de la perle sacrée dans des nuages stylisés, le décor se répétant sur le marli et à l'extérieur du plat, le pied souligné d'une frise de pétales, marque à six caractères dans un double cercle en bleu sous couverte à la base ; égrenure, les bords du plat légèrement rodés

A ground chip to the rim. The rim has also been further ground slightly all around. The actual color is consistent with the catalogue illustration. There is also a 2,5cm hairline crack to the rim of the dish at approximately 4'o clock.
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See a similar dish, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8 April 2011, lot 3138, another one sold our New York rooms, 15 September 2010, lot 244, a third example, sold in our London rooms, 4 November 2009, lot 126, and a last example, from the Sir Joseph E.Hotung Family Trust, sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 330. A closely related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is inlcuded in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol.1, pt.I, Beijing, 2005, pl.36; a pair of dishes is published in the Illustrated Catalaogue of Tokyo National Musem, Chinese ceramics, vol.II, Tokyo, 1990, pl.579; and another is illustrated in Mayuyama. Seventy Years, vo.I, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 1047.