A 'GREEN DRAGON' SAUCER-DISH Kangxi six-character mark and of the period Enamelled at the centre in green detailed with black scales as a coiling five-clawed dragon in profile pursuing a flaming pearl amongst fire trails, the exterior decorated with two similar dragons in pursuit of flaming peals on a ground incised with waves. 17.7cm (7in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清康熙 白地綠彩趕珠龍紋盤 青花「大清康熙年制」楷書款 Provenance: Christie's London, 16 May 2002, lot 390 來源：倫敦佳士得，2002年5月16日，拍品編號390 White-glazed green-enamelled wares were made by first firing a white glaze at high temperature, after which the decorative motifs were applied in green enamel over the glaze and the piece was refired at a low temperature of approximately 800°C. The design of green dragons on a white ground first emerged during the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty and became a classic design of the Imperial kilns throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. See a possible prototype of a 'green dragon' dish, Hongzhi, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc.no.新00126340). See a similar 'green dragon' dish, Yongzheng mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Place Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains (故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：雜釉彩·素三彩), Shanghai, 2009, p.95, no.76. Compare with a similar green-enamelled dragon dish, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2023, lot 150. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing