A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND GREEN AND AUBERGINE ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH

A CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND GREEN AND AUBERGINE ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' DISH

FOUR CHARACTER CHUXIUGONG MARK, GUANGXU 1875-1908

Incised with two scaly dragons picked-out in green and aubergine contesting a flaming pearl amidst clouds and flame motifs, the cavetto decorated with flowering branches of lotus, peony, prunus and chrysanthemum, with four dragons to the underside, all reserved on a rich yellow ground, the base with a four-character chuxiugong zhi mark in underglaze blue, 32cm.

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), purchased by Viscountess Broome (1893-1896), Sotheby's London, 17th November 1938, lot 235, and thence by descent through the family.

The Chuxiugong (Palace of Gathering Elegance) is one of the six Western palaces in the Forbidden City. It was favoured by the Empress Dowager Cixi and was her chief residence between 1856 and 1885.

清光緒 黃地褐綠褐彩雙龍戲珠紋盤
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來源：霍雷肖•赫伯特•基奇納元帥（1850-1916），由布魯姆子爵夫人（1893-1896）從倫敦蘇富比1938年11月17日（編號235）購回，之後由家族繼承。