Details
A RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GLAZED BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON BOWLS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
The gently rounded sides painted on the exterior in vibrant blue tones with two five-clawed dragons racing amidst clouds and fire scrolls between double-line borders, the interior with a medallion of a single five-clawed dragon in profile, all reserved on a lemon-yellow glaze with an allover, fine craquelure, the blue of one bowl of slightly darker tone
3 13/16in. (9.7cm.) diam. (2)
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
The gently rounded sides painted on the exterior in vibrant blue tones with two five-clawed dragons racing amidst clouds and fire scrolls between double-line borders, the interior with a medallion of a single five-clawed dragon in profile, all reserved on a lemon-yellow glaze with an allover, fine craquelure, the blue of one bowl of slightly darker tone
3 13/16in. (9.7cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
On loan to the Art Institute of Chicago October, 1951
Further details
See illustration of two views