Lot 3673. A massive yellow-ground green and aubergine-enamelled 'Dragon' dish, chuxiugong seal mark, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908); 63.2 cm, 24 7/8 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 750,000 HKD (95,670 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.
robustly potted with curved rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a wide and everted rim, the interior brightly painted with a central medallion enclosing a green and an aubergine five-clawed dragon writhing amongst flames and scrolling cloud clusters contesting a flaming pearl, encircled by detached flowering branches of peony, lotus, camellia, hydrangea prunus, peach and chrysanthemum at the cavetto, the rim bordered by further dragons striding amongst flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, similarly decorated on the exterior with striding dragons pursuing flaming pearls, below a frieze of flying cranes amid scrolling clouds at the rim, all reserved on a rich egg-yolk yellow ground, save for the white base inscribed with a four-character seal mark reading Chuxiugong zhi (Made in the Hall of Gathered Elegance) in underglaze blue.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018