An Iron-Red-Decorated Blue and White Bowl
An Iron-Red-Decorated Blue and White Bowl

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

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An Iron-Red-Decorated Blue and White Bowl
Kangxi Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue within a Double Circle and of the Period
The interior with a medallion of a finely painted iron-red dragon leaping after a flaming pearl amidst blue clouds, the motif repeated as a frieze around the exterior
7in. (17.8cm.) diam.
Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd.
Becker Collection, Canada

Lot Essay

Compare the bowl of this pattern and size with Kangxi mark in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong., Hong Kong, 1989, p. 89, no. 72.

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