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propertY oF an east Coast prIVate this pair of bowls utilizes a rare and distinctive 清康熙 黃地青花礬紅彩浮雕雲龍
CoLLeCtor technique to portray the dragons in underglaze- 趕珠紋盌一對
A RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND blue low relief against a yellow-glazed biscuit
BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS ground. the bowls were likely produced in the 《大清康熙年製》款
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD early years of the Kangxi emperor’s reign when 附原 Parke-Bernet 拍賣圖錄
the craftsmen at the Imperial kilns were highly
each with deep rounded sides set over a slightly experimental and developed novel ways of 來源
tapering foot and rising to an everted rim, rendering traditional subjects. the early Kangxi Parke-Bernet，紐約，1963年10月3日，
the exterior painted in inky cobalt with two period dating is further supported by the style 編號167
sinuous five-clawed dragons each in pursuit of of the reign marks. other early Kangxi period Lester D. Shultis 醫生（1925-1997）收藏，
a ‘flaming pearl’ amidst flame scrolls and waves wares executed in this technique include a 此後家族傳承
crashing into rocks below, the flame scrolls yellow-ground ‘dragon’ dish sold in our London
and some areas of the dragons raised in low rooms, 17th December 1980, lot 669; and a
relief, each dragon’s tongue and ‘flaming pearl’ similar dish, but with a café-au-lait-glazed
picked out in over-glaze iron red, all against a ground in the collection of the British museum
yellow-glazed biscuit ground, the interior with (coll. no. 1924,1019.1).
an underglaze-blue ‘flaming pearl’ with some $ 5,000-7,000
of the flames picked out in iron red all within
a double circle, the base with a six-character
mark in underglaze blue within a double circle;
together with the original parke-Bernet
catalogue (3)
Diameter 7¼ in., 18.4 cm
PROVENANCE
parke-Bernet new York, 3rd october 1963, lot
167.
Collection of Dr. Lester D. shultis (1925-1997),
and thence by descent.

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