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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI DEEP BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
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AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI DEEP BOWL
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep sides rising to a slightly galleried rim, decorated on the exterior with four dragons issuing lingzhi-shaped vapor as they writhe amidst scattered flower sprigs, and on the interior with a fifth dragon grasping a lingzhi sprig surrounded by further flower sprigs within a double-line border, with an apochryphal Chenghua mark
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep sides rising to a slightly galleried rim, decorated on the exterior with four dragons issuing lingzhi-shaped vapor as they writhe amidst scattered flower sprigs, and on the interior with a fifth dragon grasping a lingzhi sprig surrounded by further flower sprigs within a double-line border, with an apochryphal Chenghua mark
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) diam.
Literature
J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 146, no. 119.