A FINE YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' BOWL

QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' BOWL
qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
The deep rounded sides with slightly flaring rim, finely enamelled around the exterior with five five-clawed dragons entwined among flame and cloud-scrolls above breaking waves around the base, reserved on a thick and bright yellow ground
4 in. (12 cm.) diam.

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This lot has a small restored chip to the rim.

Lot Essay

Compare a Qianlong example from the Powell-Cotton Collection illustrated by Gordon Lang, The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Kent, 1988, pl.7, no.96, p.46, and another of the Yongzheng period in the same collection, ibid., pl.7, no.86, p.46.

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