A FINE AND RARE GREEN-ENAMELED 'DRAGON' DISH HONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD the deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, finely carved in the biscuit and enameled in bright translucent green enamel, the interior with a sinuous five-clawed dragon writhing amid scrolling clouds within a line border repeated at the rim, the exterior decorated with two further dragons striding on a ground of finely incised foaming waves between line borders, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, two Japanese wood boxes (5) Diameter 7 in., 18 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Christie's London, 14th June 1982, lot 95. Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1986. Exhibited Chūgoku Bijutsu Ten [Chinese Art Exhibition], Hirano Koto-ken, Tokoyo, 1986.
A FINE AND RARE GREEN-ENAMELED 'DRAGON' DISH HONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD the deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim, finely carved in the biscuit and enameled in bright translucent green enamel, the interior with a sinuous five-clawed dragon writhing amid scrolling clouds within a line border repeated at the rim, the exterior decorated with two further dragons striding on a ground of finely incised foaming waves between line borders, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, two Japanese wood boxes (5) Diameter 7 in., 18 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Christie's London, 14th June 1982, lot 95. Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1986. Exhibited Chūgoku Bijutsu Ten [Chinese Art Exhibition], Hirano Koto-ken, Tokoyo, 1986.
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