Lot Essay
A similar bowl is illustrated by Yang, Li and Xi in The Art of the Dragon, Boston, 1988, p. 173, pl. 147
ANOTHER PROPERTY
A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL BOWLS
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A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL BOWLS
18TH CENTURY
Painted on the deep, rounded sides in famille rose against a bright lemon-yellow ground with writhing dragons emerging from clouds hovering above a band of detached ruyi heads and enclosed by narrow scroll bands at the rim and foot, the interior decorated in famille rose against a white ground with a central double peach spray surrounded by the wufu amidst clouds below black and scroll bands, the bases with phoenix medallions, minor restoration to one 6in. (15.3cm.) diam. (2)
18TH CENTURY
Painted on the deep, rounded sides in famille rose against a bright lemon-yellow ground with writhing dragons emerging from clouds hovering above a band of detached ruyi heads and enclosed by narrow scroll bands at the rim and foot, the interior decorated in famille rose against a white ground with a central double peach spray surrounded by the wufu amidst clouds below black and scroll bands, the bases with phoenix medallions, minor restoration to one 6in. (15.3cm.) diam. (2)