YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A PAIR OF DOUCAI CONICAL 'DRAGON' BOWLS AND COVERS
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The conical bowls and domed covers are finely enamelled to the exterior with a yellow and a green five-clawed dragon above crashing waves in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The mouth rims have small v-shaped indentations.
8 1/8 in. (20 cm.) diam.

Provenance

H.R.H. Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester, K.G., K.T., K.P. (1900 - 1974)
Mrs. L. H. Goris; Christie's London, 12 May 1975, lot 155.
Private English Collection, amassed in the UK in the 1970s and thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A pair of bowls and covers of this pattern and of the Yongzheng period are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 230. A single bowl and cover was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3147.

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