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Lot Essay
Bowls of this pattern were produced in the 18th century and reflected the Qing emperors' interest in archaism.
Compare with very similar examples of this colour illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, London, 1996, fig. 559; R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 911; and one formerly in the Glatz Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 2928 and illustrated by A. du Boulay in Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, 1984, p. 222, no. 6. A larger bowl but without carved dragons is illustrated in Palace Museum Collection of Official Ware of the Qing Dynasty, vol. 1 part 2, Beijing, 2005, p. 448, pl. 211 (26 cm. diam.).
Compare with very similar examples of this colour illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, London, 1996, fig. 559; R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, no. 911; and one formerly in the Glatz Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 2928 and illustrated by A. du Boulay in Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, 1984, p. 222, no. 6. A larger bowl but without carved dragons is illustrated in Palace Museum Collection of Official Ware of the Qing Dynasty, vol. 1 part 2, Beijing, 2005, p. 448, pl. 211 (26 cm. diam.).