Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Dragon and Carp.
A small Kangxi blue and white porcelain plate c.1700. Painted in strong tones of cobalt blue with a ferocious dragon raising it`s self up from a turbulent sea, it`s mouth open and extending a scaly clawed arm towards a carp that is attempting to leap above the waters surface. The dramatic scene is enclosed by a large waves. The rim is decorated with swirling waters and crashing waves. The back has a twin fish mark.
SOLD
- Condition
- A minute glaze frit to the rim c.1 x 1 mm.
- Size
- Diameter : 16 cm (6 1/4 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 24420
- References
- We have sold several small Kangxi porcelain dishes of this type, numbers 23746, 23999,24000 and 24001.
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Dragon Gate :
The leaping carp together with a dragon was used as to wish luck in Imperial examinations. The carp struggles, swimming up-stream, eventually reaching it`s goal of passing through the 'Dragon Gate'.