Selection of imperial porcelain over 93 years in three collections

5896 | Kangxi period,Qing Dynasty A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND GREEN DRAGON BOWLS

A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND GREEN DRAGON BOWLS

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Size: D14.6cm

Signed and dated: Kangxi period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 1,020,000

ILLUSTRATED
Marchant,“Recent Acquisitions”2010 no. 24,p. 40-41.
Kangxi Six-Character Mark
Thinly potted with flared rims,each incised on the exterior with two five clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amongst stylised clouds and flames above a band of crested waves,on a gently inverted foot,the interior and base glazed white. Six character mark of Kangxi within a double ring and of the period,1662-1722.
▲ An identical bowl is illustrated by Robert Schmidt in Chinesische Keramic,Frankfurt,1924,no. 107a,another was included by Christies Swire in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics,Works of Art and Snuff Bottles,Hong Kong,24th October 1993,no. 821.
▲ A pair of Kangxi mark and period yellow ground green dragon and phoenix bowls of deep “U”-form are illustrated by Ho Kam Chuen and Anita Wong Yin Fong in Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection,Volume I,1987,no. 88.
PROVENANCE
1. Formerly in a private Dutch collection.
2. Sold by Christie’s Amsterdam,15th December 2009,lot 166.
3. Mr. S. Bazini’s Collection