QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The bowl is carved through the thick lacquer on the exterior with six dragons amongst ruyi clouds. The interior is lined with gilt-bronze. Compare a closely related example with its stand, sold at Fine Chinese Works of Art from the Yaogushanfang Collection, Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 20. Another example without gilt lining, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, p.21, no. 12.