A PAIR OF GREEN AND AUBERGINE-ENAMELED YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' DISHES, KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD

A PAIR OF GREEN AND AUBERGINE-ENAMELED YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' DISHES

KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD

清康熙 黃地紫綠彩雙龍戲珠紋小盤一對 《大清康熙年製》款

each with shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, the exterior with a central medallion enclosing an aubergine and a green dragon fiercely contesting a 'Flaming Pearl', the underside with four aubergine double clusters of grapes, all against a translucent egg-yolk yellow ground, the base with a six-character mark in aubergine within a double circle (2)

Diameter 5⅛ in., 13.2 cm