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A RARE PAIR OF LARGE IRON-RED AND Compare a very similar bowl of the same size in the Palace Museum
UNDERGLAZE BLUE ‘DRAGON’ DEEP BOWLS Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains
Plain Tricolour Porcelains, The Complete Collection of Treasures in the
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, pp. 184-185, pl. 146.
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bowls are each decorated to the entre with a roundel Several similar bowls have been sold at auction, including a pair of
bowls at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3678; and two single
enclosing an iron-red five clawed dragon amongst underglaze blue bowls also at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, one on 30 October 2002, lot 289,
cloud scrolls and waves. The exterior of the bowl is decorated with and the other on 25 April 2004, lot 306.
nine dragons in various positions, each with a trailing fire scroll all
on a ground of foaming crescent waves. The rim is decorated with
a band of interlocking pierced cash symbols. 清康熙 礬紅青花海水龍紋盌一對 雙圈六字楷書款
7 ¡ in. (18.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood boxes (2)
來源
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000 日本私人珍藏，於二十年來購入，此拍品購自東京。
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection acquired in Tokyo in the last 20 years

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