QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' BOWLS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each of the deep bowls is decorated on the exterior in bright green enamel with two incised five-clawed dragons striding amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, between a band of overlapping ruyi-heads encircling the base and a foliate border around the mouth rim. The interior is decorated with a central Shou character within a line border, all reserved on an opaque egg-yolk ground.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) diam., box (2)

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Please note that one of the bowls has a hairline to the mouth rim.

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Lot Essay

Vessels decorated with green dragons on a yellow-ground were prescribed by the Qing dynasty sumptuary laws as being for the use of imperial concubines of the second rank. It has also been noted that dragon and phoenix in green enamel on a yellow ground were 'exclusively used by the emperor, empress and royal concubines' according to the Daqing Huidian, Comprehensive Gazetteer of the Qing Dynasty, and Guochao Gongshi, History of the Qing Imperial Palace, part II, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 133.

A similar pair of Qianlong-marked bowls of this pattern is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, parts I & II, no. 111.

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