A doucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Mark and period of Kangxi

Collection of Sir Thomas Beaumont Hohler (1871-1946), and thence by descent.

Compare a closely related dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in The Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch’ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 22; one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7th July 2003, lot 664; and two further examples sold in our New York rooms, the first, 23rd March 2004, lot 649, and the other, 11th September 2019, lot 612.