Lot Essay
For an underglaze blue example see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, May 3-4, 1994, lot 160
Kangxi bowls with the same dragon roundels also exist in copper red. See Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 108, no. 723. For a smaller bowl, with an iron-red dragon medallion refer to K'ang-Hsi, Yung-chêng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, Catalogue, no. 7
Kangxi bowls with the same dragon roundels also exist in copper red. See Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 108, no. 723. For a smaller bowl, with an iron-red dragon medallion refer to K'ang-Hsi, Yung-chêng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, Catalogue, no. 7