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A similar bowl from the Simon Kwan Collection, exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Catalogue, no. 52
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A PAIR OF SMALL GREEN AND AUBERGINE 'DRAGON' BOWLS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each incised to the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing 'flaming pearls' among fire scrolls above breaking waves, the design picked out in aubergine on a bright green ground--4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) diam. (2)
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each incised to the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing 'flaming pearls' among fire scrolls above breaking waves, the design picked out in aubergine on a bright green ground--4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) diam. (2)