清康熙 茄皮紫釉劃「趕珠雲龍」紋撇口盤 《大清康熙年製》款

finely potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, deftly incised on the interior with a five-clawed dragon writhing among clouds, encircled by two further dragons around the cavetto striding in pursuit of a 'flaming' pearl, the reverse similarly incised with two dragons chasing a pearl above a band of petal lappets encircling the foot, applied overall with a brilliant aubergine glaze partly running over the footring, save for the base applied with a transparent glaze covering a black six-character reign mark within double circles

There are two hairline cracks to the rim (2.5 and 1 cm). The glazed footring has five evenly spaced unglazed patches, each of 2 to 3 cm, probably corresponding to the original spur marks, which have been further polished to remove the excesses of glaze.
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A closely related example is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelains from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 224; another is published in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pt. 1, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 144; and a third dish was included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1985, cat. no. 172, where it is suggested that this vibrant purplish glaze was an innovation of the late Kangxi period (p. 172). Further dishes of this type include one from the collection of Edward T. Chow, sold in our London rooms, 27^th November 1973, lot 378, and again in these rooms, 25^th November 1980, lot 82; one from the Hall Family Collection sold in these rooms, 2^nd May 2000, lot 523; and a third sold in these rooms, 14^th November 1983, lot 142, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27^th May 2008, lot 1794.