A FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' BOWL
A FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' BOWL
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A FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' BOWL

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FAMILLE VERTE INCISED 'DRAGON' BOWL

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is incised with a pair of dragons, each in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', over which yellow, green and aubergine enamels are applied to depict floral sprays and butterflies.
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) diam.
Provenance
From a private European collection amassed in the 1970s.

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Lot Essay

A pair of bowls with a similar style of decoration is in the British Museum, illustrated by S. Vainker, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 2005, pl.154; in the Victoria & Albert Museum, illustrated by W. G. Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, Vol.I, London, 1928-29, nos. 360 and 361; in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.12, Tokyo, 1956, pl.44; in The Catalogue of The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Vol.5, pl.XXXVIII, London, 1926, no.E200; and in S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1971, pl. XXXV, fig.1.

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