An aubergine-glazed incised 'dragon' dish


Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodFinely potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, deftly incised with two dragons around the cavetto striding in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the reverse similarly incised with two dragons chasing a pearl, applied overall with a brilliant aubergine glaze partly running over the footring, box. 25cm (9 7/8in) diam. (2).
|清康熙 茄皮紫釉暗刻龍紋盤青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Jorge Welsh Ltd., London (label)An English private collection來源：Jorge Welsh Ltd.，倫敦（標籤）英國私人收藏A closely related example is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelains from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl.224; another is published in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.144; and a third dish was included in the exhibition Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1985, no.172, where it is suggested that this vibrant purplish glaze was an innovation of the late Kangxi period.