KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE BLUE-GROUND POLYCHROME-DECORATED 'DRAGON' BOWL
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior decorated with two dragons, one in green enamel, the other iron-red, racing through green, yellow and iron-red flames in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' positioned above cruciform clouds, resting on a band of overlapping petals, all reserved on a ground of blue wash, with a medallion of a similar leaping dragon in green on the interior, the cavetto and underside base with a transparent glaze
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

The present bowl appears to be one of the few bowls without the fifth claw of the dragons being obscured. Another such example is in the Tianminlou Foundation, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Porcelain: the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part II, Hong Kong, 1987, pl. 91.

A similar Kangxi-marked bowl where the fifth claw of the dragon has been obscured by an overglaze enamel, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3512. Also an example of this pattern but in dish form is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, p. 37.

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