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A PAIR OF WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ SHALLOW BOWLS
Chenghua six-character marks, Kangxi Compare the closely related wucai enameled bowl in the collection
With rounded sides and short ring foot, decorated on the interior in of the Asian Art Museum San Francisco, illustrated by Li, Chinese
doucai technique a dragon medallion surrounded by cloud works Ceramics: A New Standard Guide, New York, 1996, p. 300, no. 636,
within underglaze-blue line borders, a band of diamond patterns described as Kangxi period from Jiangxi or Fujian, and with further
at the rim, the exterior painted with red dragon roundels and green discussions on p. 326 indicating the design was characteristic of
clouds, the ground enameled in gold, Chenghua apocryphal mark in export ware.
underglaze-blue within double circle at base.
7 3/4in and 8in (19.8cm and 20.2cm) diam;
1 3/4in and 1 5/8in (4.4cm and 4.2cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000
清康熙 五彩填金龍紋盤 《大明成化年製》雙圈款
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