A large blue and white 'five clawed dragon' dish, Qing dynasty, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908).
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Decorated in a vivid underglaze blue colour with two five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. The back of the rim repeating the pattern with the dragons. Diameter 34 cm.
Provenance
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Bukowskis, January 2004, lot no 155.
Exhibitions
Compare with a dish of this type sold at Bonhams, lot 41, Fine Chinese Art, 16 May 2013,
London, New Bond Street
Compare with a dish of this type, sold at Christies, 14–29 sep 2022 | Art of China, lot no 11.