A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SAUCER DISHES

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

Each painted and incised with a green and an aubergine five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl, amidst stylised clouds and flames, the reverse with grapes and leaves, 13cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly in the collection of Henry Mazot (1882-1956), who lived and worked in Beijing from the 1920s for the Bank of Indochina where he finished as Chairman. The family left Beijing in 1946 to move back to France, where they settled in Normandy. Most of the Chinese porcelain in the family collection was left in wooden trunks in the basement of their chateau from 1946 until Christmas 2015, when his granddaughter who inherited the home decided to finally open them.