A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL DISHES

18TH CENTURY

Each decorated with a leaf-shaped panel depicting a young woman with four boys in a fenced garden on a diaper ground, the rims with bands of stylised blossoms on a bright yellow ground, the reverse with dragons chasing sacred jewels amongst clouds, the bases with five blue chilong dragons, together with a similar dish and a pair of yellow-ground bowls and two wood stands, 26.5cm. (7)

Provenance: an English private collection, Reigate.

Cf. Spink & Son Ltd, The Minor Arts of China, vol III, pp.86-7, no.113 for a pair of wine pots decorated with a similar pattern of dragons amongst clouds.