Sale 2963
Hong Kong
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28 November 2012
Price realised
HKD 400,000
Estimate
A FINE YELLOW-ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOWL QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The bowl is potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, decorated around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons running through clouds and flame-scrolls in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', all above a band of overlapping lotus petals encircling the foot. The interior is further decorated with a central medallion enclosing a third dragon, all enamelled in pale lemon-yellow reserved on a blue wash ground. 5½ in. (14 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 820
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