Lot 445
445
A PAIR OF WUCAI YELLOW-GROUND DRAGON BOWLS, KANGXI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD, each decorated with two underglaze blue dragons striding amidst green, mauve, iron-red and blue clouds in pursuit of an iron-red flaming pearl reserved on a pale, lemon-yellow ground, above a band of petal lappets and a narrow diaper border encircling the foot, the interior glazed white, one with hair crack-- 4 3/8 in. diam. (2)

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A PAIR OF WUCAI YELLOW-GROUND DRAGON BOWLS, KANGXI MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD, each decorated with two underglaze blue dragons striding amidst green, mauve, iron-red and blue clouds in pursuit of an iron-red flaming pearl reserved on a pale, lemon-yellow ground, above a band of petal lappets and a narrow diaper border encircling the foot, the interior glazed white, one with hair crack-- 4 3/8 in. diam. (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Florence Blair Pyne, Christie's, New York, December 5, 1985, lot 273

Lot Essay

A pair of bowls of this pattern and mark are in The T. T. Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 105; and another pair is illustrated by Bluett, The Riesco Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, fig. 58

Christie's has sold comparable bowls in its rooms throughout the world: a pair in New York, June 1, 1990, lot 285; a pair in London, December 14, 1987, lot 371; and a single example in Hong Kong, September 26, 1989, lot 729

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