A BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWL

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A BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWL
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

The deep, rounded sides painted on the exterior in deep underglaze blue of purplish tone with two dragons racing through clouds, with a similar dragon leaping within a medallion in the interior, all within double- line borders--4 3/4in. (12cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

For other bowls with identical decoration, but of slightly smaller size, see Christie's, New York, November 29, 1990, lot 245, and S Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Blue and White, 1984, Catalogue, pl. 16