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Lot Essay
During the Qing dyansty, bowls covered on both the exterior and interior in yellow enamel was reserved exclusively for use at rituals in the Palace and for the use of the Emperor, Empress and Empress Dowager. The current bowl, with a Shou character incised to the centre of the interior, was most likely made to commemorate the birthday of one of these three figures during the Kangxi period.
It is rare to find Kangxi mark and period yellow-enamelled 'dragon' bowls in this unusually small size with a three-column mark, as most bowls bearing this design measure above 12 cm. in diameter and have a two-column mark, such as the example in the Baur Collection, illustrated in The Baur Collection, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, no. A 451, and another included in Chinese Pocelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part II, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 137, both also have a straight rim and a band of cresting waves around the base.
It is rare to find Kangxi mark and period yellow-enamelled 'dragon' bowls in this unusually small size with a three-column mark, as most bowls bearing this design measure above 12 cm. in diameter and have a two-column mark, such as the example in the Baur Collection, illustrated in The Baur Collection, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, no. A 451, and another included in Chinese Pocelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part II, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 137, both also have a straight rim and a band of cresting waves around the base.