A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIVE DRAGON' BOWL
A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIVE DRAGON' BOWL

CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIVE DRAGON' BOWL
chenghua six-character mark and of the period
Finely painted around the exterior with five sinuous scaly dragons among stylised wisps of clouds above a band of lotus lappets around the foot, the interior painted with a similar dragon within a roundel at the base and a narrow band of classic scroll at the slightly everted rim, restored
7 in. (19 cm.) diam.
Sale room notice
The Chenghua-marked base illustrated on p.180 at the back of the catalogue is not in fact the base of lot 66, but that of lot 67.

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