A FINE AND RARE YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BOWL

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A FINE AND RARE YELLOW-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BOWL
XUANTONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Incised to the exterior with a pair of striding dragons divided by flaming pearls, all amid flames and clouds and above crashing waves encircling the base, covered inside and out with a egg-yolk-yellow glaze--5 5/8 in. (14.3cm.) diam., box

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Cf. a similar Xuantong-marked bowl from the Weishaupt Collection illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, pl. 166, left; and a Guangxu-marked bowl with this decoration included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, 1983, Catalogue, no. 156

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