Pair of Immaculate Chinese porcelain plates, with central dragon painting. Contoured lines gently rise from a short foot. A wide interior surface is decorated with fine hand-painted five-claws dragon soaring amidst flames. Looming head with gaping jaws faces toward the west, with outspread limbs reaching through whirling flames toward the circumferential boundary line. A boundary line is banded around the lip of each dish. The dragons right arm clambers for a flaming pearl near the circular border.


Mark on exterior rim band, a six red underglaze seal script -ZhuanShu- characters reign mark, Made in The Years of JiaQing Reign Period of Great Qing.

Dimensions: 1-1/2" H x 6-1/4" Dia. (each)

PROVENANCE: From the estate and inheritance of Cecil Knight Jr. (1933- 2017).

He was gifted these items from his parents who had lived abroad in the late 1800s.
Cecil Knight Sr. professional experience was in foreign property acquisition for major corporations, trips to find and evaluate a piece of property often would take 6 months or more. This time while in foreign countries also allowed the couple to search out and collect highly sought after rare and unique antiques that they would bring back as gifts for his family members and add into their private collection.
Over many years they had collected more than 240 Chinese items as well as almost 1,500 European works of art and treasures.

The following Item(s) from the estate and inheritance of Cecil Knight Jr. offered at auction catalog listing from Lot-23 through Lot-60.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition; With normal anomalies in nature, sign of minor scratch. No chip, No crack, No hairline, No repaired.

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