A PAIR OF RARE YELLOW AND GREEN INCISED DRAGON BOWLS

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A PAIR OF RARE YELLOW AND GREEN INCISED DRAGON BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

Each with deep, rounded sides rising to a slightly flared rim, supported on a cylindrical foot, finely decorated on the exterior in bright green enamel with a pair of five-clawed, sinuous dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, surrounded by wispy clouds and flames, and below a band of conjoined ruyi head at the rim, all reserved on an opaque lemon-yellow ground, the interiors glazed white
5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

A similarly marked bowl of this pattern was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, June 9-August 2, 1992, Catalogue, p. 282, no. 149; and a pair included in the exhibition, Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1972, Catalogue, no. 72, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, October 8, 1990, lot 454