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A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED
‘DRAGON’ BOWLS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each of the deep bowls is decorated on the exterior in bright
green enamel with two incised five-clawed dragons striding amidst
clouds and flames in pursuit of flaming pearls, between a band
of overlapping ruyi-heads encircling the base and a foliate border
around the mouth rim. The interior is decorated with a central
Shou character within a line border, all reserved on an opaque egg-
yolk ground.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) diam., box (2)
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000
Vessels decorated with green dragons on a yellow-ground were
prescribed by the Qing dynasty sumptuary laws as being for the use
of imperial concubines of the second rank. It has also been noted
that dragon and phoenix in green enamel on a yellow ground were
‘exclusively used by the emperor, empress and royal concubines’
according to the Daqing Huidian, Comprehensive Gazetteer of the Qing
Dynasty, and Guochao Gongshi, History of the Qing Imperial Palace,
part II, Hong Kong, 1987, p. 133.
A similar pair of Qianlong-marked bowls of this pattern is illustrated
in Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong,
1987, parts I & II, no. 111.
清乾隆 黃地綠彩雙龍戲珠紋盌一對
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