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The present lot is exceptional for its quality and attention to detail. The
workmanship of the potter is of the highest standard, with the fine bowl
evenly and confidently potted. The painters of both the underglaze blue
and the yellow glaze were clearly similar masters of their craft: from
the even application of the blue in two tones, to the careful addition of
the yellow glaze applied over the white body but avoiding the areas of
underglaze blue. Pieces such as the present lot are representative of the
finest productions of the Kangxi reign.

A similar blue and yellow ‘dragon’ bowl, Kangxi mark and of the period,
is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (Gu00157746). Very
similar bowls are also included in an illustration of the Qianqinggong in
the Forbidden City, set out before a throne as part of a large group of
bowls containing tempting delicacies including fruit and pastries; see
Classics of Forbidden City: Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty,
Beijing, 2007, no.275. Compare also a very similar bowl in the Nanjing
Museum illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain
of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.71.