Lot Essay
Compare examples of this bowl sold Christie's-Swire, Hong Kong, March 31, 1992, lot 633, and March 18-19, 1991, lot 658
PROPERTY FROM A CHICAGO COLLECTION
A COMBINED WUCAI AND DOUCAI DRAGON DISH
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A COMBINED WUCAI AND DOUCAI DRAGON DISH
KANGXI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted in the interior in the wucai palette with a central roundel of a pair of dragons contesting a flaming pearl, within double lines at the well and rim, the reverse with four cranes in flight alternating with layered ruyi-form clouds picked out in doucai enamels, rim crack--5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.) diam.
KANGXI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
Painted in the interior in the wucai palette with a central roundel of a pair of dragons contesting a flaming pearl, within double lines at the well and rim, the reverse with four cranes in flight alternating with layered ruyi-form clouds picked out in doucai enamels, rim crack--5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.) diam.