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Lot 205:
Description
A Kangxi period porcelain dish featuring a hand-painted central motif of a mythological creature with a blue scaled body, orange mane, and flaming appendages. The creature stands upon a rocky outcrop above cresting green and blue waves, surrounded by stylized clouds. A honeycomb diaper-pattern border in underglaze blue decorates the inner rim. The reverse side features four iron-red bamboo sprays framed by concentric underglaze blue rings. The base contains a hand-painted mark in dark green enamel consisting of a central stem with four rounded lobes on each side.
Diameter: 16 cm.
Condition report:
Visible fritting and small glaze losses around the outer rim edge (photo 1). Minor surface scratches and small firing pinholes to the interior glaze (photo 1). The unglazed foot rim shows expected darkening and wear (photo 2).
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