Lot 2020

LARGE DISH WITH DRAGON AND PHOENIX PAIRS.
China. 18th c. or earlier.

Porcelain painted underglaze with strong cobalt blue with heap and pile on the surface. Underneath unglazed. Deep dish with swung wall on a low footring. In fine painting a medallion with a spiral border a pair of dragon and phoenix looking at each other amidst flower scrolls. On the wall alternating dragons and phoenix in profile on a background of dense flower scrolls. The motiv is similar on the outside. At the rim a border of meander pattern, at the foot with spirals. Height 8cm, Ø 35cm. In a reserve of the meander border at the rim a horizontal four part mark 'Wanlin nian zhi', but later. Condition C. Gold lacquer repair in the wall. Hairline crack and chip at the rim.

青花龍鳳呈祥紋圓盤

18世紀或更早   高8cm/直徑35cm

深盤，弧壁，矮圈足。通體青花濃重艷麗，有暈散和黑斑現象，足底無釉。盤心中央纏枝花卉地飾龍鳳對舞圖案，環一週螺旋紋帶。內外壁各飾三對遊龍遊鳳穿於繁密的纏枝花卉之間，口沿內外各飾迴紋一週，近足處螺旋紋帶。盤沿迴紋帶開光內青花書「萬曆年製」四字楷書寄託橫款。品相等級C，口沿處有小磕及衝線，金繕修復。