Author: --

Size: D47.5cm

Signed and dated: Yongzheng Period，Qing Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 13,000,000

LITERATURE
Regina Krahl，Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection，London，1994-2010，vol. 4，no. 1723.
Yongzheng Six-Characters Mark
This important and extremely rare plate is finely potted with rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a flat everted rim，the interior superbly painted with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red scaly five-clawed frontal dragon coiling around a‘flaming pearl’，against a ground of underglaze-blue turbulent waves，surrounded on the cavetto with four different iron-red dragons striding rampantly amidst ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls exquisitely rendered in shaded tones of cobalt-blue，each serpentine mythical beast portrayed differently，two of them five-clawed，one with an elongated trunk，the other two three-clawed，one winged and detailed with a fish tail，all surrounded by a border of crashing waves on the rim，the exterior vibrantly decorated with four similar dragons striding through clouds，the base inscribed with an underglaze-blue six-character reign mark.
PROVENANCE
Acquired in the UK in the 1920s.
A British Important Private Collection.
Eskenazi Ltd，London.